So tense. Just when you think things can't get any worse, they do, and then they do some more. I loved it. (I also love the film.) Famous author Paul Sheldon has just finished his next novel, a stand-alone after finally killing off his heroine, Misery, in his long-running series. Paul crashes in the snow, and badly injured is rescued by Annie Wilkes who happens to be his 'number one' fan. She takes him home to nurse him, but she will not let him go, or at least, not until he has written another Misery novel to bring his heroine back to life. I listened to the audio book, brilliantly read by Lindsay Crouse.