Watching You (Joseph O'Loughlin) - Hardcover

Robotham, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847445268 ISBN 13: 9781847445261

Publisher: Little Brown Hardbacks (a & C)

Synopsis

Marnie Logan often feels like she's being watched. Nothing she can quite put her finger on - a whisper of breath on the back of her neck, or a shadow in the corner of her eye - and now her life is frozen. Her husband Daniel has been missing for more than a year. Depressed and increasingly desperate, she seeks the help of clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin. Joe is concerned by Marnie's reluctance to talk about the past, but then she discovers a book packed with pictures, interviews with friends, former teachers, old flames and workmates Daniel was preparing for her birthday. It was supposed to be a celebration of her life. But it's not the story anyone was expecting ...

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About the Author

Michael Robotham started his career as a journalist but then became a ghostwriter, writing many bestselling autobiographies in collaboration with politicians, pop stars, psychologists, adventurers and showbusiness personalities. His thrillers have been translated into twenty-two languages and he has twice won Australia's Ned Kelly Award for best crime novel. He was shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger in 2007 and 2008 and was also shortlisted for the inaugral ITV3 Thriller Awards.

From Booklist

*Starred Review* Aussie thriller master Robotham starts with a touch readers have seen before. Every person who does wrong by the hero, therapist Joe O’Loughlin, has something awful happen to them, and all Joe knows is that he didn’t do it. Meanwhile, Marnie Logan could use help. Abandoned by her husband, raising two children, and behind in the rent, she joins an escort service. Her pimp beats her. She visits a banker to beg that her husband’s money be released. The jerk sneers her out the door. All her life Marnie has had a sense she’s being watched by someone who stays in shadows and disappears when she turns on a light. Now she’s sure. Scared, she confides in her friend, O’Loughlin, who does some detective-style investigating and learns that suddenly, like Marnie, he seems to have someone looking over his shoulder, too. This is where Robotham slowly, expertly begins tightening the screws in a deadpan style as sneaky as Joe’s shadow friend. Revelations increase rather than release tension until the last page delivers the final chill. It will be a long time before memories of this one retreat back into the shadows. --Don Crinklaw

Edition details

• Publisher: Little Brown Hardbacks (a & C)
• ISBN 10: 1847445268
• ISBN 13: 9781847445261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English