Hiding Place — Robert Maas

THE PERFECT CRIME JUST BECAME THE PERFECT NIGHTMARE.

After the rape and murder of his girlfriend Sarah in a Boston back street, Peter Vernon has fallen into bad company. Tonight he's part of an armed robbery that targeted a religious rally at Fenway Park. The crime couldn't be easier: grab the money from the backroom, make it to the long-deserted subway station at Barrow Hall, await further instructions.

But further instructions never come. The six men, cold, frightened, burning nervous energy and fuelled by the alcohol left them for their stay, begin turning on each other, bickering, fighting, fingering their guns. Vernon, the youngest and least experienced of the team, finds himself outmatched by the ruthless career criminals he's holed up with.

The tension is destructive enough. But then the station lights begin to flicker, and there are unexplainable noises from deeper in the abandoned tunnel.

For Peter Vernon, and for all the others, this is a night that might never end.