Land of the Living by Nicci French overview

   The book i am reading is called, Land of the Living by Nicci French. The story first begins with a girl around the age of twenty-five, named Abbie. She is captured by a man and has a bag put over her face. She sits on a cement floor while she is blacked out after the man had hit her hard over the head. Time passes but she just can't tell how much of it has, while being unconscious. As she awakens she can't see anything, hear anything, she can only feel pain. Her legs are numb she doesn't even know if they are there until she feels her toes touch the cold floor. When she awakens the capture notices as he sits diligently in the corner staring at her.She can't remember how she got where she is. Abbie, let out a scream and started cursing at him. As he heard the things she said he put a rag in her mouth that was dirty and had oil content deep within it. Abbie's breathing became hard. The rag dried her throat. The capture left for a while and then arrived, taking the rag out of her mouth he let her have a sip of water. After her sip she tried talking to him, she tried reverse psychology. He knew her game the other four women prior to her had tried different ways to escape him. They used sex, fighting, crying, and praying. None of these worked as the capture elaborated on their death frightening whatever fear Abbie still held.  The man kept coming back giving her food and water. Abbie, didn't understand why if he wanted to kill her he just didn't do it now. He took, Abbie, to a bucket which was used as her toilet. Her hands were tied so he had to do the work. After she had gone he placed her back where she had been sitting the whole time. When he came back again Abbie couldn't hold it in she fought. This was his last strike with her. He put a wire noose around her neck. He told her if she moved t would be her last one. She felt him leave, as he lie there she thought. She thought about the sky, a butterfly, and the green grass trying to remember what it was like out there. She couldn't bear it anymore, she moved forward and felt with her feet feeling for anyway out. As a hold came up, she just went for it, she had to. As she jumped the screw holding the noose came out of the wall and Abbie, feel to the floor feeling nothing. She thought she had died. As she ached she found it in her to try and escape. She untied her hands, feet, and neck. Releasing the bag from her head. She could see, it was dim she she saw a way out. She ran. Thinking he was always a step behind her. She kept going until she reached someone front door. She ran and said for them to help her and call the police. What she said was done, and now the police would look into her case and question her for a few days as she stayed in the hospital.