'What a great premise!' Jeffery Deaver,* New York Times bestselling author of The Skin Collector and Solitude Creek *The girl emerged from the woods, barely alive. Her story was beyond belief. But it was true. Every dreadful word of it.

'What a great premise!' Jeffery Deaver,* New York Times bestselling author of The Skin Collector and Solitude Creek *The girl emerged from the woods, barely alive. Her story was beyond belief. But it was true. Every dreadful word of it.

Days later, another desperate escapee is found - and a pattern is emerging. Pairs of victims are being abducted, imprisoned then faced with a terrible choice: kill or be killed.** Would you rather lose your life or lose your mind?**Detective Inspector Helen Grace has faced down her own demons on her rise to the top. As she leads the investigation to hunt down this unseen monster, she learns that it may be the survivors - living calling cards - who hold the key to the case.

And unless she succeeds, more innocents will die . . .

Introducing M. J. Arlidge's Detective Inspector Helen Grace,* Eeny Meeny is an electrifying début, with the nerve-shredding intensity of Saw and Along Came a Spider *. Fans of James Patterson and Mo Hayder should pay attention.

'This is going to be as big as Jo Nesbo' Judy Finnigan