2.5/5 Fred of lower-class background wins a large sum of money, feels he can do anything he wants, and he does the most sensible thing - abduct Miranda of upper-class background whom he has been obsessed with. What's lovely about this book: the dance of power and control between the captor and the captive and how it revolves heavily around the class differences of the two. What's less lovely: it's difficult to read this book without wanting to give Fred Cleggs some good smacking at each turn. Is it bad that I want to hit a fictional character in a book review?