At thirty-three years of age Johanna Morgan has life under control, or so it seems. A bright and energetic New York magazine writer, Johanna is about to marry successful attorney David Agar, about to write her first novel, about to round a familiar corner and walk off a cliff.
In Francine Pascal's chilling psychological thriller, we are welcomed into an utterly reasonable existence in a totally familiar world. All the small events that form the pattern of Johanna's days the loving moments with David, her warm friendships, the weekly poker games, the checks from her publishers bespeak safety, security, sanity.
Should we be concerned then when Johanna decides to base her novel on the life of the hippie cult leader, mass murder Avrum Maheely? And if Avrum personifies evil in its purest form, why does she find him so fascinating, so irresistible?
Johanna's cool professionalism begins to slip away as she leaves the safe terrain of Manhattan and begins exploring Maheely's jungle. She speaks to Maheely's followers both in and out of jail, and subtly, compellingly, she is drawn into that sinister netherworld inhabiting by his family. The twisted psyches she re-creates for her novel come to life, and once alive, they beckon Johanna to come and join them in their world.
Maheely himself is the greatest magnet; a dark sexual force drawing Johanna from David's embrace into a world with no familiar patterns. Confused, frightened, she writes on, page after page, day after day, finding herself racing toward a bizarre confrontation with Maheely, with his fanatical followers, with herself.
Save Johanna, but is there time?
Genre: Mystery
In Francine Pascal's chilling psychological thriller, we are welcomed into an utterly reasonable existence in a totally familiar world. All the small events that form the pattern of Johanna's days the loving moments with David, her warm friendships, the weekly poker games, the checks from her publishers bespeak safety, security, sanity.
Should we be concerned then when Johanna decides to base her novel on the life of the hippie cult leader, mass murder Avrum Maheely? And if Avrum personifies evil in its purest form, why does she find him so fascinating, so irresistible?
Johanna's cool professionalism begins to slip away as she leaves the safe terrain of Manhattan and begins exploring Maheely's jungle. She speaks to Maheely's followers both in and out of jail, and subtly, compellingly, she is drawn into that sinister netherworld inhabiting by his family. The twisted psyches she re-creates for her novel come to life, and once alive, they beckon Johanna to come and join them in their world.
Maheely himself is the greatest magnet; a dark sexual force drawing Johanna from David's embrace into a world with no familiar patterns. Confused, frightened, she writes on, page after page, day after day, finding herself racing toward a bizarre confrontation with Maheely, with his fanatical followers, with herself.
Save Johanna, but is there time?
Genre: Mystery
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