The Detour (21 page)
Authors: S. A. Bodeen
“That's it. That has to be it. Just someone stupid, just someoneâ”
And then I can't breathe as the truth dawns on me.
In the interview, and then article after article, so much came out about my time in the basement, so many details.
But not once did I ever ⦠tell anyone ⦠about the box of bees.
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The Compound, The Gardener, The Raft,
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The Fallout
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CONTENTS
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Copyright © 2015 by S. A. Bodeen
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Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Bodeen, S. A.
The detour / S.A. Bodeen.âFirst edition.
pages     cm
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Livvy Flynn, a bestselling author of YA fiction, is kidnapped by a woman and her apparently manic daughter who have no intention of letting her go.
ISBN 978-1-250-05554-5 (hardback)âISBN 978-1-250-07863-6 (e-book)
[1. AuthorsâFiction.  2.  KidnappingâFiction.]  I.  Title.
PZ7.1.B64De 2015Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â [Fic]âdc23Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2015013378
First hardcover edition 2015
eBook edition October 2015
eISBN 9781250078636