Closing Costs

Nelle and Evan Pereira had recently bought a roomy house in Massachusetts that backs onto a state forest, and they believed their search for a permanent home was finally over. Three months after the purchase, a Saturday morning brings an unwelcome visitor. Nelle is alone in the house when a stranger breaks in, overpowers her, and forces her down into the cold, musty basement, where he ties her to a chair.

The man has one specific request: he wants Nelle to make a phone call. She is not sure she can do it, even though her life depends on it. Her immediate goal is to keep herself and Evan safe, but she soon realizes the attack was no random encounter and had been carefully planned. The isolated house offers no help, since no one is close enough to hear her cries. Before the day ends, Nelle and Evan, who share a dangerous secret, set off a violent reckoning that will reach everyone involved.