Locked Inside

Finalist for the Edgar Award.

Greetings, Sorceress, said the Elf. I thought I'd see you here tonight.

Marnie's heart lightened. She leaned over her keyboard.

Marnie is the orphaned daughter of a wildly successful inspirational singer/author. One day, she'll be rich. But first she has to survive a dreary, friendless life in boarding school. She escapes into an online role-playing game. When she's the Sorceress, nobody can hurt her ... and she has an almost friend there, too-the Elf.

That's before the kidnapping.