Alice LaPlante

Implicated in the murder of her best friend, Jennifer White, a brilliant retired surgeon with dementia, struggles with fractured memories of their complex relationship and wonders if she actually committed the crime.

Turn of Mind

Small-town detective Samantha Adams investigates the murder of a well-known and well-liked plastic surgeon who turns out to have been a closeted polygamist when his three wives show up at his funeral. 50,000 first printing.

A Circle of Wives

An introduction to the fundamentals of creative writing, both fiction and nonfiction, takes aspiring writers through each stage of the creative process, from initial idea to final manuscript, accompanied by examples of short fiction and essays.

A Norton Guide to Creative Writing

The Making of a Story

"Never one to conform, Anna always had trouble fitting in. Earnest and willful, as a young girl she quickly learned how to hide her quirks from her parents and friends. But when, at sixteen, a sudden melancholia takes hold of her life, she loses her sense of self and purpose. Then the Goldschmidts move in next door. They're 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's life--her family, her home, her very identity--will undergo profound changes"--Amazon.com.

Coming of Age at the End of Days

“An eerie, tense, and finely written novel…Readers will grip their chairs” (SFGate.com) as they try to unravel this tale of psychological suspense from the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of Turn of Mind. Jane loses everything when her teenage daughter is killed in a senseless accident. Devastated, she manages to make one tiny stab at a new life: she moves from San Francisco to the seaside town of Half Moon Bay. Jane is inconsolable, and yet, as the months go by, she is able to cobble together some version of a job, of friends, of the possibility of peace. And then, children begin to disappear. And soon, Jane sees her own pain reflected in all the parents in the town. She wonders if she will be able to live through the aching loss, the fear all around her. And as the disappearances continue, she begins to see that what her neighbors are wondering is if it is Jane herself who has unleashed the horror of loss. Alice LaPlante’s “well-crafted novel of psychological suspense” is a chilling story about a mother haunted by her past, a “brooding suspense novel…dark, starkly beautiful…LaPlante uses a seductively dangerous landscape to mirror her heroine’s inner life” (Kirkus Reviews).

A Novel

Half Moon Bay

Matthew Clark Davison

Great writing doesn’t begin with form—it begins with obsession. Two novelists offer an inspiring guide to transforming that obsession, using whatever genre fits best. Writers don’t need formulas; they need encouragement to take risks. The Lab offers a bold, hands-on approach, urging writers to embrace uncertainty, experiment with form, and investigate what haunts them. The Lab features ten chapters and ninety exercises challenging writers to play with fiction, memoir, and poetry—or push toward hybrid or entirely new forms. This is a book for those ready to dig deep and write fearlessly.

Experiments in Writing Across Genre

The Lab

Ihre Freundin wurde ermordet, und sie kann sich an nichts erinnern. Wem kann sie trauen, wenn sie nicht einmal weiß, wer sie selbst ist? Amanda O‘Toole ist ermordet worden. Von ihrer rechten Hand wurden vier Finger fein säuberlich abgetrennt. Für ihre beste Freundin, die Chirurgin Jennifer White, wäre diese Art von Operation ein Kinderspiel. Aber Jennifer leidet an Demenz und weiß nicht mehr, was in der Nacht passierte, als Amanda starb. Immer öfter fehlen Jennifer die Erinnerungen, und immer öfter kann sie nicht einmal mehr sagen, wer sie selbst ist oder wem sie vertrauen kann. Sie will nicht vergessen, aber sollte sie es vielleicht besser?

Psychothriller

Ich darf nicht vergessen

Jennifer White can't remember whether she murdered her best friend Dr Jennifer White, a once brilliant surgeon, is slowly losing her mind. Amanda, her best friend, is found stabbed to death. Four of her fingers have been expertly removed. Suspicion immediately falls on Jennifer. How can she prove her innocence when even she doesn't know if she's the murderer?

A smart, haunting tale of psychological suspense from the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of Turn of Mind. Jane O’Malley loses everything when her teenage daughter is killed in a senseless accident. Devastated, she makes a stab at a new life and moves from San Francisco to the tiny seaside town of Half Moon Bay. As the months go by she is able to cobble together some possibility of peace. Then children begin to disappear, and soon Jane sees her own pain reflected in all the parents in the town. She wonders if she will be able to live through the aching loss, the fear once again surrounding her, but as the disappearances continue, fingers of suspicion all begin to point at her.

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