Close My Eyes - Softcover

Sophie McKenzie

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ISBN 10: 1471111733 ISBN 13: 9781471111730

Publisher: simon and schuster, 2013

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It's been eight years since Gen Loxley lost her daughter, Beth: eight years of grief in which nothing's really moved forward, for all that her husband, Art, wills it to. Gen, once a writer of novels, has settled in to a life of half-hearted teaching, while Art makes his name and their fortune - and pressures her into trying IVF once again. For Gen, it seems a cruel act of replacement; life without Beth is unthinkable, unbearable - but still it goes on. And then a woman arrives on Gen's doorstep, saying the very thing she longs to hear: that her daughter was not stillborn, but was spirited away as a healthy child, and is out there, waiting to be found.

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About the Author:

Sophie is the award-winning author of a range of teen thrillers, including the Missing series (Girl, Missing, Sister, Missing and Missing Me), Blood Ties and Blood Ransom and the Medusa Project series. She has also written two romance series: the Luke and Eve books and the Flynn series, which starts with the novel Falling Fast. Split Second is her first teen stand-alone novel in seven years. Sophie's first novel for adults is the psychological thriller Close My Eyes. More details here: www.sophiemckenziebooks.com And here: facebook.com/sophiemckenzieauthor Twitter: @sophiemckenzie_

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Geniver Loxley has never recovered from the stillborn birth of her daughter eight years prior. Her husband, Art, is anxious to have another child and to move on with their lives, but Geniver is still grieving. Then a woman shows up claiming that Gen’s baby had been born alive and was taken away by the doctor and given to someone else, and that her husband was in on the scheme. Reeling from the shocking news and unsure of whether she can trust her husband, she turns to free-spirited Lorcan, an old colleague of Art’s who is now a successful actor and is extremely empathetic. As the two investigate, they discover some shocking secrets that put their lives in jeopardy. Although this novel is being touted as a read-alike for Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl (2012), it lacks the complexity and depth of that title; instead, it more closely resembles Elizabeth Haynes’ slam-bang suspenser Into the Darkest Corner (2012). Nothing, though, will prepare readers for McKenzie’s chilling epilogue, a dark and twisted scenario that is the definite high point of her novel. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: A best-selling, award-winning children’s and YA author in the UK, McKenzie makes her U.S. debut with a thriller for adults that has a 150,000-copy first printing. --Joanne Wilkinson

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