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A mesmerizing psychological thriller about how a secret can bind two friends together forever … or tear them apart. Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane Fleming appeared in her high school chemistry class. But Diane’s academic brilliance lit a fire in Kit, and the two developed an unlikely friendship. Until Diane shared a secret that changed everything between them. More than a decade later, Kit thinks she’s put Diane behind her forever, and she’s begun to fulfill the scientific dreams Diane awakened in her. But the past comes roaring back when she discovers that Diane is her competition for a position both women covet, taking part in groundbreaking new research led by their idol. Soon enough, the two former friends find themselves locked in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse that threatens to destroy them both.
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Summary
Summary
A London Guardian Best Book of the Year in Crime Thrillers
Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
A USA Today bestseller
An O Magazine Pick of Best Beach Reads
A People Pick of the Week
An Entertainment Weekly Pick of the Month
A Bustle Pick of the Best Fiction of 2018
A Crime Reads Pick of Best Crime Novels of 2018
A Cosmopolitan Pick of Most Anticipated Upcoming Books
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
A Pop Sugar Pick of Best Beach Reads
A Booklist Pick of the Year's Best Crime Fiction
A Kirkus Reviews Pick of 12 Excellent Summer Reads
An Amazon Best Book selection
A Bookish Pick of SummerThrillers
A Literary Hub Pick of Highbrow Beach Reads
A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week
A July 2018 LibraryReads Pick
A mesmerizing psychological thriller about how a secret can bind two friends together forever … or tear them apart.
Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane Fleming appeared in her high school chemistry class. But Diane’s academic brilliance lit a fire in Kit, and the two developed an unlikely friendship. Until Diane shared a secret that changed everything between them.
More than a decade later, Kit thinks she’s put Diane behind her forever, and she’s begun to fulfill the scientific dreams Diane awakened in her. But the past comes roaring back when she discovers that Diane is her competition for a position both women covet, taking part in groundbreaking new research led by their idol. Soon enough, the two former friends find themselves locked in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse that threatens to destroy them both.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Author
Author Bio: Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott is an Edgar Award–winning author of several novels and nonfiction and the 2019 recipient of the Pinckley Prize for Distinguished Body of Work. Her novel The Fever won the International Thriller Writers Award and Strand Critics Award for Best Novel and was chosen one of the best books of the year by Amazon, National Public Radio, the Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and the London Guardian, among others. Her stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. She received her PhD in English and American literature from New York University. She is a staff writer on HBO’s David Simon show, The Deuce.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Thrillers |
| Runtime: | 11.04 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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