Missing Pieces: A Novel - Softcover

Fielding, Joy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440222877 ISBN 13: 9780440222873

Publisher: Island Books, 1998

Synopsis

How far will a mother go to protect her family from a madman?

An unrivaled master of psychological suspense, Joy Fielding has written her most chilling and intricate novel yet--a compulsively readable look at the razor-thin line between daily domesticity and nerve-shattering terror.

It had to end in blood.  Family therapist Kate Sinclair, healer of lost souls, perfect wife and mother, has suddenly become trapped in a nightmare of her own.  Her teenage daughter has just discovered sex, lies, and rebellion.  Her ex-boyfriend has returned to threaten her marriage.  Her once-peaceful hometown is being awakened by chilling headlines: Another woman is missing.  Kate can sense the darkness gathering around her, can see the mistakes, the missteps, the missing pieces.  She is afraid of what tomorrow will bring.

Enter Colin Friendly, a man on trial for abducting and killing thirteen women--the handsome, "misunderstood" sociopath Kate's troubled sister plans to marry.  Colin loves women to death.  He can't wait to see Kate and the girls again.  One dark night when they are home alone, disarmed, ready for bed...

About this title

From the Publisher:

"Fielding knows how to turn the screws of suspense."
--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

"Honest, strong narration [drives] this novel of a family in turmoil to its bloody if redeeming resolution."
--Publishers Weekly

"Fielding has made the woman-in-jeopardy genre her own."
--People

"An excellent piece of psychological suspense."
--Toronto Star

"Nightmarish...Fielding turns up the heat."
--Kirkus Reviews

A main selection of the Literary Guild and the Doubleday Book Club

From the Back Cover:

"The maven of domestic terror." ¾St. Louis Post Dispatch

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Island Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0440222877
• ISBN 13: 9780440222873
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 432