Characters
She is the pregnant protagonist stranded in the snowstorm.
Who is Tegan?
This natural event is one of the reasons why Tegan’s car crashes.
What is a blizzard?
This is the reason the roads aren’t passable to hospitals.
What is heavy snow / the storm / blocked roads?
Tegan’s phone is important because it would allow her to do this.
What is call for help?
This U.S. state serves as the backdrop for much of the novel.
What is Maine?
He is Hank’s wife, whose motivations become suspicious.
Who is Polly?
After the crash, Hank brings Tegan to this location.
What is his home / their house / a cabin?
Polly used to work in this field before mental health issues.
What is nursing / hospital / labor & delivery?
This is the medicine Tegan is given to keep her compliant.
What is a sedative?
Tegan hopes to travel to stay with this relative before the storm.
Who is her brother (Dennis)?
He is the attorney involved with Tegan and Simon’s agreement.
Who is Jackson?
Tegan confronts him about drugging her drink the night of conception.
Who is Simon?
Which family member tampered with Tegan’s tires?
Who is Dennis?
The item Tegan notices missing that first raises suspicion.
What is her phone?
The house where Tegan is held has no power or this communication tool.
What is phone / cell service?
He is Tegan’s brother, whose actions are later revealed.
Who is Dennis?
At the end, Tegan decides not to tell police about this couple’s actions.
What is Hank and Polly’s actions (their deception/imprisonment)?
Polly tries to get into the hospital in this disguise.
What is by wearing scrubs / a mask / using an old badge?
The stuffed animal that Polly keeps in her pantry.
What is a Teddy Bear?
Outside the house, this neighboring family becomes entangled in the plot.
Who are Mitch and Sadie?
This child nickname is how Tegan refers to her unborn baby.
Who is Tuna?
Tegan suspects this kind of wrongdoing to her car before the crash.
What is tampering / sabotage of the tires?
Which character ultimately saved Tegan’s life from a lethal IV dose?
Who is Polly?
The gift that Jackson gives Tegan while they are in her apartment.
What is a baby onesie?
The prologue opens with this violent act by an unidentified narrator.
What is murder?