Sidney Malter was once the world’s premiere escape artist. He broke out of Fort Knox, escaped Alcatraz, and dug his way out of his own grave. These days, he’s happy to pester the cable company from his fifth-floor apartment in the East Village. That is until seventeen-year-old Eleanor comes knocking on his door asking him to teach her the secrets of the trade. Except Eleanor’s got secrets, too. She has more at stake in these lessons than she’d like to admit. Soon Sidney does, too, and together they learn there’s some things you can’t escape.

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