A compelling, heartrending tale of a woman in danger and the man who's desperate to find her, from the internationally bestselling author of TULLY and ROAD TO PARADISE A heavily pregnant young woman is leaving the shopping mall to head home on a horribly hot day in Texas. Her normal life of shopping, husband, children, with the extra excitement of the imminent baby, stretches before her. And then she is bundled into a car and kidnapped by a desperate young man. What does he want? Where are they going? In scenes that alternate between the desperate husband, pursuing by car and helicopter with an alarmingly laid-back FBI man, who may or may not be as good as he thinks he is at rescuing hostages, and the more and more threatened wife, Eleven Hours is a tour de force of storytelling power.

"Eleven Hours is a harrowing, hair-raising story that will keep you turning the pages late into the night." --Janet Evanovich
"Eleven Hours reminded me of Steven Spielberg's Duel--a story with minimalist style and a powerful scare." --Martin Cruz Smith, author of Gorky Park
"Simons does a wonderful job pulling you into the story...it's a ticking time bomb!" --Adrianne Lee, author of Little Girl Lost and Night Terror

Accolades

Shortlisted for WH Smith Thumping Good Read Book Award 1999.

Author Biography

Paullina Simons was born in Leningrad in 1963. As a child she emigrated to Queens, New York, and attended colleges in Long Island. Then she moved to England and attended Essex University, before returning to America. She has worked as a financial journalist and translator. She lives near New York with her husband and four children. Visit her website, paullinasimons.com, for more information about her bestselling novels.