Still Missing
Annie O'Sullivan is a thirty-two-year-old real-estate agent with a boyfriend, a demanding mother, and an ordinary life — until the last visitor at an open house forces her into his truck at gunpoint. For nearly a year, "The Freak" keeps Annie prisoner in an isolated mountain cabin, controlling every minute of her existence and subjecting her to relentless abuse, as she clings to the will to survive and escape.
Structured as a series of sessions with her psychologist after she gets out, the novel alternates between the claustrophobic horror of Annie's captivity and the equally difficult work of reentering a world that no longer feels safe — reclaiming small freedoms, facing her family, and confronting the question of who was really behind her abduction.
Chevy Stevens's bestselling debut is a raw, propulsive psychological thriller about trauma, survival, and control, building to a twist that recasts everything Annie — and the reader — thought they knew. It is the first of the loosely linked books featuring therapist Nadine Lavoie.
A realtor abducted from an open house who narrates her captivity and its aftermath through sessions with her psychologist.
The psychologist whose sessions with Annie frame the novel; recurring protagonist of the loosely linked series this book begins.
The narrative is not based on actual events, but the author drew inspiration from her own personal fears while working as a real estate agent.
While it is the first entry in the Nadine Lavoie series, the author has indicated that she does not intend to write a direct sequel to this specific story because of the intense trauma experienced by the protagonist.
The novel has been optioned for film, though no adaptation has been produced.
