‘Do you know what this is?’

Ylva took her hand off the woman’s shoulder and looked.

‘Well, come on then,’ the man said, ‘what does it look like?’

‘An electric shaver?’ Yvla suggested.

‘Yes, it does,’ the man replied. ‘It looks like an electric shaver, but it’s not an electric shaver.’

Yvla tried the door again.

‘Open the door, I want-’

The shock made Yvla’s body arch. The pain was paralysing and she couldn’t even scream. A moment later her body relaxed and she crumpled, her head against the man’s thigh. She was surprised that she was still breathing as nothing else seemed to work….

When Ylva is abducted, her husband Mike at first suspects she has left him. He feels angry that she hasn’t called. He considers divorce and shared custody of their daughter, Sanna. Internet dating. A new life. But while the hours tick on and he tries to keep his concerns from his young daughter, he could not possibly imagine that his wife is only metres away, held prisoner in a custom-built sound-proof room in the neighbour’s cellar, at the mercy of her twisted captors, a TV screen her only connection to the outside world, rigged to a camera watching her house - watching her husband and her daughter go on without her.

What would you do if your spouse went missing? What would you do if you were in Yvla’s position - in a soundproof room with only a bed and a television? How would you protect yourself without a weapon? Would you retreat into your mind? Would you survive? You’ll find yourself asking these questions over and over.

Don’t be put off by the occasional turn of phrase lost in translation. She’s Never Coming Back moves at a swift pace from the very first pages, setting up a compelling and surprising tale of murder, abduction and dark secrets that can’t be escaped.

A Scandinavian sensation and worthy of the hype.