Darkness FallsDarkness Falls
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Book, 2002
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Current format, Book, 2002, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsA devoted mother and high-powered attorney, Clara Pascal is the envy of her peers, until she is kidnapped by an unknown assailant who has left her chained to a stone wall of a cold, dark cellar, the prisoner of a man who refuses to even tell her what he wants.
Clara Pascal had everything: a high-flying lawyer and devoted mother, she was envied and admired by her peers. Now, robbed of everything that gives her life meaning, she lies chained to the stone wall of a dark cellar - without food, without warmth, without sleep, without even the most basic communication - for her kidnapper will not even tell her what he wants from her.
As Clara passes from fear to anger to despair in her dark prison, Detective Inspector Steve Lawson leads the Cheshire police team working to find her. Is her abduction the work of a random maniac? A released criminal taking his revenge on the lawyer who sent him to jail? An obsessed stalker? Is it a last, spectacular bid for freedom by Casavettes, the ruthless drug lord she was prosecuting? Even her husband is not above suspicion.
The police team frantically knocks on doors; follows up wisps of leads; bullies, cajoles, and begs witnesses for help; but it seems that Clara Pascal has disappeared without a trace.
And Clara, at last, begins to suspect why her captor has kept her alive so far.
British barrister Clara Pascal stars in Darkness Falls and she has everything. A high-flying attorney and devoted mother, she was envied and admired by her peers. Now, robbed of everything that gave her life meaning, she lies chained to the stone wall of a cold, dark cellar, deprived of food and rest. Most frightening, though, her kidnapper refuses to communicate with her, even to tell her what he wants.
As Clara passes from fear to anger to despair in her dark prison, Detective Inspector Steve Lawson leads the Cheshire police team working to find her. Is her abduction the work of a random maniac? A released criminal taking his revenge on the lawyer who sent him to jail? An obsessed stalker? Is it a last, spectacular bid for freedom by Casavettes, the ruthless drug baron she was prosecuting? Even her husband is not above suspicion.
The police team frantically knocks on doors, follows bare wisps of leads, bullying, cajoling, and begging witnesses for help, but it seems that Clara Pascal has disappeared without a trace.
And Clara, at last, begins to suspect why her jailer has kept her alive so far....
Clara Pascal had everything: a high-flying lawyer and devoted mother, she was envied and admired by her peers. Now, robbed of everything that gives her life meaning, she lies chained to the stone wall of a dark cellar - without food, without warmth, without sleep, without even the most basic communication - for her kidnapper will not even tell her what he wants from her.
As Clara passes from fear to anger to despair in her dark prison, Detective Inspector Steve Lawson leads the Cheshire police team working to find her. Is her abduction the work of a random maniac? A released criminal taking his revenge on the lawyer who sent him to jail? An obsessed stalker? Is it a last, spectacular bid for freedom by Casavettes, the ruthless drug lord she was prosecuting? Even her husband is not above suspicion.
The police team frantically knocks on doors; follows up wisps of leads; bullies, cajoles, and begs witnesses for help; but it seems that Clara Pascal has disappeared without a trace.
And Clara, at last, begins to suspect why her captor has kept her alive so far.
British barrister Clara Pascal stars in Darkness Falls and she has everything. A high-flying attorney and devoted mother, she was envied and admired by her peers. Now, robbed of everything that gave her life meaning, she lies chained to the stone wall of a cold, dark cellar, deprived of food and rest. Most frightening, though, her kidnapper refuses to communicate with her, even to tell her what he wants.
As Clara passes from fear to anger to despair in her dark prison, Detective Inspector Steve Lawson leads the Cheshire police team working to find her. Is her abduction the work of a random maniac? A released criminal taking his revenge on the lawyer who sent him to jail? An obsessed stalker? Is it a last, spectacular bid for freedom by Casavettes, the ruthless drug baron she was prosecuting? Even her husband is not above suspicion.
The police team frantically knocks on doors, follows bare wisps of leads, bullying, cajoling, and begging witnesses for help, but it seems that Clara Pascal has disappeared without a trace.
And Clara, at last, begins to suspect why her jailer has kept her alive so far....
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