Ward and Natasha McCarty are struggling to put their lives back together after their son's death last year. They can't find their way in their own relationship and can't let go of missing their little boy. It seems almost fitting that everything else begins falling apart. Natasha's hands begin shaking, which is a tragedy for a pediatric surgeon. Ward is losing time, sleeping too much and forgetting important things.
When Ward's company computers are infected by a virus that sends porn to all their customers, the resulting media frenzy shakes the family even more. What they don't know is that their problems are part of a carefully laid plan by a man -- called the Watcher -- who sits in the woods, patiently watching their house and waiting to exact his revenge.
Carve time out when you sit down to read, because you won't want to put this one down until your fingernails are bit to the nub and the last page is turned. Miller is a master at his craft, intertwining horrific suspense with the heavy pain of the grieving parents. Excellent!
An unbearable loss.A shattered life.And a killer
who wants more.On the edge of the North
Carolina woods, behind an isolated modern house, the
watcher patiently waits. He knows all about the couple who
live thereβa talented surgeon and a successful
businessman. He knows all about the people in their lives.
He knows they are numb with grief. And he knows what is
going to happen nextβand why.For Dr. Natasha
McCarty and her husband, Ward, their sonβs tragic death
has shaped every moment of the last year. But to add to
their pain, a new strangeness is suddenly engulfing them.
Natashaβs hands have begun to shake. A prized memento has
been stolen. Then a sordid scandal explodes out of
nowhere, one that threatens everything theyβve built, and
brings friends, strangersβand enemiesβinto their lives.
And now, as the anniversary of their sonβs death
approaches, for reasons they canβt guess, from a place
they canβt see, an extraordinary evil will emerge before
their eyes. Because a killer has chosen this day as their
last.
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