Once upon a time there was a man who loved children. He loved them so much he tried to save them from their parents. In his mind, any anger, any argument, even the slightest hint that a parent might not be paying enough attention to a child, was grounds for the parents to lose that child.When he stole children, he tried to make them perfect - his version of perfect. And when they failed, he killed them. With the police in hot pursuit, Hector Woollie vanished, and is now presumed dead.Leslie is divorced and locked in ongoing battles with her ex-husband over everything from child support payments to the way she disciplines their son. The boy, Ian, is "difficult" and morose.More trouble arises when Leslie learns that her newly purchased house was the site of one of Hector Wollie's murders. They're besieged by reporters; Ian is teased mercilessly at school; they can't afford to move; Leslie's ex, Roger, threatens to have her declared an unfit parent.When Ian and Charlotte, his young stepsister, disappear, Roger insists Ian's kidnapped Charlotte and blames Leslie for not controlling the boy. Leslie prays that her son is near and will be home soon.Ian is near - right next door, just on the other side of a shared wall. Ian can hear his parents fighting and his mother's desperate weeping. He doesn't dare call out to them. Hector Woollie's "saving" him and Charlotte, and if either child makes a peep, the madman will slit both their throats. Read Less