<div>A girl is lured into fanaticism in this psychological thriller with &ldquo;stunning twists&rdquo;&mdash;by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Turn of Mind (San Francisco Chronicle). Never one to conform, Anna always had trouble fitting in. Earnest and willful, she quickly learned, as a young girl, how to hide her quirks from her parents and friends. But at sixteen, a sudden melancholia takes hold of her life. Then the Goldschmidts move in next door. The new neighbors are active members of a religious cult, and Anna is awestruck by both their son, Lars, and their fervent violent prophecies for the Tribulation at the End of Days. Within months, Anna&rsquo;s life&mdash;her family, her home, her very identity&mdash;will undergo profound changes. But when her newfound beliefs threaten to push her over the edge, she must find her way back to the center, in this &ldquo;crisp meditation on the deadly mixture of mental illness and religious charlatanism&rdquo; (San Francisco Chronicle). &ldquo;LaPlante crafts prose that cuts to the quick and is the perfect vehicle for this dark tale. . . . A compelling read.&rdquo; &mdash;The Seattle Times </div>

Coming of Age at the End of Days

<div>The New York Times bestseller&mdash;a stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired orthopedic surgeon with dementia. With unmatched patience and a pulsating intensity, Alice LaPlante brings us deep into a brilliant woman&rsquo;s deteriorating mind, where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a curse. As the book opens, Dr. Jennifer White&rsquo;s best friend, Amanda, who lived down the block, has been killed, and four fingers surgically removed from her hand. Dr. White is the prime suspect and she herself doesn&rsquo;t know whether she did it. Told in White&rsquo;s own voice, fractured and eloquent, a picture emerges of the surprisingly intimate, complex alliance between these life-long friends&mdash;two proud, forceful women who were at times each other&rsquo;s most formidable adversaries. As the investigation into the murder deepens and White&rsquo;s relationships with her live-in caretaker and two grown children intensify, a chilling question lingers: is White&rsquo;s shattered memory preventing her from revealing the truth or helping her to hide it? &ldquo;An electrifying book. Thought-provoking, humane, funny, tragic, a tour de force that can&rsquo;t be a first novel&mdash;and yet it is.&rdquo; &mdash;Ann Packer, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author &ldquo;This poignant debut immerses us in dementia&rsquo;s complex choreography . . . [A] lyrical mosaic, an indelible portrait of a disappearing mind.&rdquo; &mdash;People &ldquo;LaPlante has imagined a lunatic landscape well. The twists and turns of mind this novel charts are haunting and original.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review </div>

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Turn of Mind

<div>From the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Half Moon Bay. &ldquo;Marriage is as mysterious as murder in LaPlante&rsquo;s captivating psychological thriller&rdquo; (People). <ul><li>An Indie Next Pick</li><li>A LibraryReads Selection</li><li>An Amazon Best Book of the Month (Mysteries &amp; Thrillers)</li><li>A Daily Candy Best Book of March</li><li>One of More magazine&rsquo;s &ldquo;Five Thrillers Not to Read After Dark&rdquo;</li></ul> When Dr. John Taylor turns up dead in a hotel room, the local police uncover enough incriminating evidence to suspect foul play. Det. Samantha Adams, whose Palo Alto beat usually covers petty crimes, is innocently thrown into a high-profile case that is more complicated than any she has faced before. A renowned reconstructive surgeon and a respected family man, Dr. Taylor was beloved and admired. But beneath his perfect fa&ccedil;ade was a hidden life&mdash;in fact, multiple lives. Dr. Taylor was married to three very different women in three separate cities. As the circumstances surrounding his death emerge, Detective Adams finds herself tracking down a murderer through a tangled web of marital deception and revenge. New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Alice LaPlante&rsquo;s haunting and complex novel of family secrets dissects&mdash;with scalpel-like agility&mdash;the intricacies of desire and commitment, trust and jealousy. &ldquo;Exhilarating and smart, A Circle of Wive is a wild ride of love, loss, marriage and murder, with a finale that&rsquo;s provocative, thrilling and grand. It all shows that while some deaths are a mystery, so, too, are some loves.&rdquo; &mdash;San Francisco Chronicle</div>

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