It was the case of the decade. A 15-year-old girl on her way to school, vanished without a trace. The world feared the worst - but then, after months, she was discovered in a church crypt, lying alive beside the dead body of her kidnapper.

Now, 26 years later, Esmeralda Avelar has worked hard to leave her traumatic past behind. She has forged a new identity, and a new career as a police detective.

But the past refuses to stay buried. Because notorious serial killer Jason Thorne has escaped from his secure psychiatric hospital, and he has a new obsession... to find Esmeralda, the girl who got away, and make her his.

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