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African correspondent Connie Burns is abducted in Baghdad and held for three days. When she is released she does not want to talk about it, and rumors fly that she was never actually abducted. She is a changed person, fearful and remote, and retreats to a remote cottage in England.

She assumes a different identity and simply tries to live. She tries to befriend a neighbor who has taken it upon herself to solve problems for the newcomer, but the neighbor is at least as withdrawn as Connie has become. Even so, the two form a kind of bond. Connie learns a little too much about the owner of the cottage and the owner's daughter. Probably because she is a reporter at heart, she digs for truth.

Connie's fears are well-founded. It's a thriller and a half.

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