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Harper
May 2014
On Sale: May 6, 2014
Featuring: Clarissa; Rafe
368 pages
ISBN: 0062297600
EAN: 9780062297600
Kindle: B00FJ3A4A4
Hardcover / e-Book
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Suspense
A mesmerizing tale of psychological suspense about a woman
who must fight to escape an expert manipulator determined
to
possess her, Claire Kendal’s debut novel is a
sophisticated
and disturbing portrait of compulsion, control, and terror
that will appeal to fans of Before I Go to Sleep, The
Silent
Wife, and Into the Darkest Corner. His name is Rafe, and he is everywhere Clarissa turns. At
the university where she works. Her favorite sewing shop.
The train station. Outside her apartment. His messages
choke
her voice mail; his gifts litter her mailbox. Since that
one
regrettable night, his obsession with her has grown,
becoming more terrifying with each passing day. And as
Rafe
has made clear, he will never let her go. Clarissa’s only escape from this harrowing nightmare is
inside a courtroom—where she is a juror on a trial
involving
a victim whose experiences eerily parallel her own. There
she finds some peace and even makes new friends, including
an attractive widower named Robert, whose caring
attentions
make her feel desired and safe. But as a disturbingly
violent crime unfolds in the courtroom, Clarissa realizes
that to survive she must expose Rafe herself. Conceiving a
plan, she begins collecting the evidence of Rafe’s madness
to use against him—a record of terror that will force her
to
relive every excruciating moment she desperately wants to
forget. Proof that will reveal the twisted, macabre fairy
tale that Rafe has spun around them . . . with an ending
more horrifying than her darkest fears. Masterfully constructed, filled with exquisite tension and
a
pervasive sense of menace, The Book of You explores the
lines between love and compulsion, fantasy and reality,
and
offers a heart-stopping portrait of a woman determined to
survive. Claire Kendal’s extraordinary debut will haunt
readers long after it reaches its terrifying, breathtaking
conclusion.
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