Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. That, combined with her unusual appearance (scarred cheek, tendency to wear the same clothes year in, year out),...
Psychological fiction
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Author:Honeyman, GailSummary: - Author:McCann, Timmothy B.Summary:
Joi Weston was once a popular television actress. Now she feels forgotten as offers of acting jobs disappear, and her husband immerses himself in a political career. Young writer Michael Brockmeir wonders if he will ever emerge from the...
- Author:Dimaline, CherieSummary:
Broken-hearted Joan has been searching for her husband, Victor, for almost a year--ever since he went missing on the night they had their first serious argument. One hung-over morning in a Walmart parking lot in a little town near...
- Author:McEwan, IanSummary:
After a chance meeting, Jed Perry begins to stalk author Joe Rose. Driven by religious zeal and misdirected love, the strange young man will slowly unravel each strand of Joe's life.
- Author:Cole, TejuSummary:
Every Day is for the Thief is an account of a Nigerian in the diaspora who returns home after many years abroad. The book gains its strength as much from its subject matter (contemporary Lagosian life as experienced by a visiting former...
- Author:Swanson, PeterSummary:
Abigail Baskin's dream honeymoon becomes a nightmare when a man with whom she had a regrettable one-night stand shows up, and Abigail's future life and happiness are turned upside down.
- Author:Roth, PhilipSummary:
After 11 years of isolation in his New England mountain refuge, Zuckerman returns to New York City and makes three important connections that threaten his carefully protected sense of isolation.
- Author:Clarke, BrockSummary:
Clarke introduces nine-year-old Miller, who becomes convinced that his father--who left without explanation--must have run away to join the military, and is now lying comatose in a VA hospital. Thinking a visit from his father's...
- Author:Long, David RyanSummary:
Ian Merchant is a best-selling horror writer with two problems-a wicked case of writer's block, and a stalker who haunts him. When he experiences a profound spiritual encounter, Ian emerges a new man. But how can he atone for the sins...
- Author:Britt, FannySummary:
Dans ce roman choral sur la dislocation progressive d'un couple, Fanny Britt creuse sans merci la question de nos privilèges. On y rencontre Adam et Marion, dont la vie auréolée de succès sera mêlée à celle de Celia, qui a...
- Author:Katz, EricaSummary:
Emma Caan is an art forger specializing in classic paintings commissioned by museums and the ultra-wealthy. But then collector Leo Sobetsky offers a chance to return to her own artistic dreams, with strings attached.
- Author:McAdam, ColinSummary:
A girl named Fall disappears, leaving behind her good-looking and well-liked boyfriend Julius. Hovering about the proceedings too is Noel, an odd loner who may hold the key to Fall's disappearance.
- Author:Newman, T. J.Summary:
There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers on your flight. What you don't know is that your pilot's family was kidnapped. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the...
- Author:Morrison, GeoffreySummary:
It's a hot summer night, and Hugh Dalgarno, a 31-year-old clerical worker, thinks his brain is broken. Over the course of a day and night in an uncannily depopulated public park, waiting to meet someone who never shows, he will sift...
- Author:Smith, LeeSummary:
A gripping tale of a family's denial of its sordid past and one sibling's battle against the rest to have the truth (if it is truth) come out.
- Author:Lockhart, E.Summary:
A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow. A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy. A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes. Welcome...
- Author:Jewell, LisaSummary:
From the New York Times bestselling author and master of "bone-chilling suspense" (People) comes another page-turning look inside one family's past as buried secrets threaten to come to light. Gifted musician Clemency...
- Author:Boyer, Marie-ChristineSummary:
Farö est l'histoire d'un homme retiré du monde et qui, presque malgré lui, devra sortir de l'isolement dans lequel il a vécu pendant plusieurs années. Amorcé par une rencontre, le retour à la vie se fait progressivement et l'amène à...
- Author:Dallaire, Louis-FrançoisSummary:
Je m'appelle Léo. J'ai 34 ans. Je suis musicien au chômage. A la grande satisfaction de mes parents, qui me l'avaient prédit. Je suis célibataire depuis peu. Sophie, qui payait le loyer de notre minuscule appart au...
- Author:Kurbjuweit, Dirk, Taylor, ImogenSummary:
"I had always believed my father capable of a massacre. Whenever I heard on the news that there had been a killing spree, I would hold my breath, unable to relax until it was clear that it couldn't have been him." Randolph Tiefenthaler...
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