Clay Blaisdell is one big mother, but his capers are strictly small-time until his mentor introduces him to the one big score that every small-timer dreams of: kidnap. But now the brains of the operation has died - or has he? - and Blaze is alone with a baby as hostage. The Crime of the Century just turned into a race against time in the white hell of the Maine woods.
"Tightly written and compelling"
--Daily Express--
"King's brilliance is in making his readers root for the kidnapper"
--Daily Telegraph--
"An essential missing piece in King's oeuvre...compelling"
--Independent on Sunday--