Detective Nora Vance has solved forty-seven cases. She's never lost a night's sleep over any of them—until a dead woman's diary lands on her desk with Nora's own handwriting on the final page. She's never met the victim. She's never been to that town. And she's absolutely certain she didn't write those words.
"Marcus Kane has written the best psychological thriller I've read in years. Unputdownable, unnerving, and utterly original." — New York Times Book Review
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Marcus Kane writes psychological thrillers about the lies we tell ourselves—and the moment they unravel. His fiction is known for unreliable narrators, slow-burning dread, and endings that demand a second read.
Before writing fiction, he spent a decade in forensic psychology, which explains both his precise understanding of human behavior and his inability to trust anyone at a dinner party.
