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тАЬA pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspenseтАЭ (Lee Child) that spins one womanтАЩs seemingly good fortune, and another womanтАЩs mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception
Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life.
The request seems odd, even intrusiveтАФand for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating.
EMMA
Reeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma wants a new place to live. But none of the apartments she sees are affordable or feel safe. Until One Folgate Street. The house is an architectural masterpiece: a minimalist design of pale stone, plate glass, and soaring ceilings. But there are rules. The enigmatic architect who designed the house retains full control: no books, no throw pillows, no photos or clutter or personal effects of any kind. The space is intended to transform its occupantтАФand it does.
JANE
After a personal tragedy, Jane needs a fresh start. When she finds One Folgate Street she is instantly drawn to the spaceтАФand to its aloof but seductive creator. Moving in, Jane soon learns about the untimely death of the homeтАЩs previous tenant, a woman similar to Jane in age and appearance. As Jane tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns, makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the same terror, as the girl before.
Praise for The Girl Before
тАЬDazzling, startling, and above all cunningтАФa pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense.тАЭтАФLee Child
тАЬThe Girl Before generates a fast pace. . . . [J. P.] Delaney intersperses ethics questions on stand-alone pages throughout the book. . . . The single most ingenious touch is that weтАЩre not provided either womanтАЩs answers.тАЭтАФThe New York Times
тАЬJ. P. Delaney builds the suspense.тАЭтАФVanity Fair
тАЬImmediate guarantee: You will not be able to put this book down. . . . Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will realize that thereтАЩs not only more where that came from, but itтАЩs also more thrilling.тАЭтАФAmerican Booksellers Association