Chevy Stevens - The Other Side

I knew exactly who he was.

‘A harrowing tale of manipulation that got under my skin by the end of the first chapter.’

‘Stevens lights that fuse and lets it burn all the way to an explosive ending. A chilling, compelling read.’

‘Block off the weekend, grab a comfy seat, and prepare for the rocket ride of your life.’

‘A terrifying, chilling scenario that unfolds into a nightmare that had me keeping the light on at night.’

‘An astonishingly well-crafted debut novel.’

‘Grim and unsettling… utterly absorbing.’

‘Engrossing, terrifying.’

‘I had to remind myself to breathe. Simply terrifying.’

‘Frank, fierce, and sometimes even funny, this is a dark tale pinpricked with light-and told by an unforgettable heroine’

‘Thriller writers such as Kathy Reichs and Karin Slaughter had better watch out, they have a real competitor on their hands in Stevens… chilling suspense mixed in with disturbing psychological insight — and a real heroine.’

‘Stevens writes in a fresh, truly authentic human voice, gripping you and tearing your heart from the very first page to the last. Still Missing is one of the very few books I’ve read in a long while that I absolutely could not put down until I had finished it.’

‘It’s a knockout, a psychological thriller that pulls no punches… relentless and disturbing.’

‘Blistering debut… a grueling, gripping demonstration of melodrama’s darker side.’

‘Pulsates with suspense… [with a] jaw-dropping but credible closing twist.’

Still Missing

Never Knowing

Always Watching

CHEVY STEVENS grew up on a ranch on Vancouver Island and still lives on the island with her husband and daughter. When she’s not working on her next book, she’s camping and canoeing with her family in the local mountains. Her debut novel, Still Missing, won the International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel. Please visit her at www.chevystevens.com.

Published by Hachette Digital

ISBN: 9781405528344

All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 2013 by Chevy Stevens Holdings Ltd. All rights reserved.

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An abducted woman. A year held in captivity. An escape that is just the beginning…

On the day she was abducted, thirty-two-year-old Annie Sullivan had three goals — sell a house, forget a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. Then a van pulls up outside the house she is selling. Annie thinks it’s her lucky day. But nothing could be further from the truth…

Annie wakes to find herself in a remote mountain location with only her kidnapper, ‘The Freak’, for company. Subjected to his sadistic treatment for over a year Annie eventually escapes, but begins to suspect that someone in her former life wanted her gone — and isn’t pleased she’s back.