Find Courtney: A Psychological Thriller - Softcover

Clark, Melissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1882593901 ISBN 13: 9781882593903

Publisher: Bridgeworks, 2004

Synopsis

Written in a tone of suppressed eroticism and infused with surprising revelations of false identities, Find Courtney is a psychological thriller that keeps the reader guessing up to its startling climax.

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From the Inside Flap:

Written in a tone of suppressed eroticism and infused with surprising revelations, "Find Courtney" is a novel whose characters are gradually shown to be not at all what they first appear. Their past actions and motivations are disclosed bit by bit, leading to this noir thriller's startling climax. Fanoy, the narrator with a mesmerizingly authentic voice, is a twenty-five-year-old, self-absorbed Miami college student. her life changes when she gets a chance to room with a wealthy, gorgeous fellow student, Courtney Armorault, in Courtney's beachfront apartment. Then Courtney goes out jogging one morning and does not return. Courtney's father, Bret Armorault, arrives from his home inland from Miami. Fanoy finds him intriguingly enigmatic--seemingly a laidback free spirit, yet controlling, a man she speculates may have become rich as an illegal drug importer. He persuades Fanoy to join him in searching for Courtney. They talk to Courtney's friends, her professors, and the police. As the two gather conflicting evidence and disturbing details about Courtney's life, a sexual tension grows between them. Bret persuades Fanoy to accompany him to his inland mansion, a decaying Franco-Italianate villa that had once belonged to a fan dancer with a past. In this house of many secrets, Bret and Fanoy become close. For the first time in her life, Fanoy has someone who wants her. But can she be sure Bret is not simply using her as an instrument of his manipulation? As Fanoy discovers more about Bret and Courtney, and Bret learns more of Fanoy's life, readers of this well-plotted tale of intrigue and false identities will find a novel exploring the intersection of sexuality and identity, seduction and revelation, and the wilder reaches of human nature.

About the Author:

Melissa Clark's prize-winning poems, plays, and short stories have been published in more than one hundred publications, honored by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., and performed on radio. Her first novel, "Devlyn," sold more than 100,000 copies. While writing her first novel and poetry, she supported herself as an exotic dancer in Virginia. She now lives in Hartford, Connecticut, with her husband and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bridgeworks
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1882593901
• ISBN 13: 9781882593903
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 221