is testament to how one innocuous ad in thelocal newspaper can turn your world upside down. Two people come into Beth's life: gives her a reason to die. takes away her choice. She appears out of nowhere and wants to be Beth's friend.It would be sweet if it wasn't such a sinister obsession. Beth is ensnared, her tranquil life spiralling into a vortex of chaos that she can't escape. Black's signature talent for probing the human psyche and unearthing the hidden pockets of humanity that we dare not acknowledge is at its peak in . In this book, she bypasses black and goes to whatever black becomes when it gets darker. This is a story about power-how much influence can one person have over somebody else?