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A literary thriller of the highest order Julia May Jonas author of Vladimir

Gil has been estranged from his sister ever since her obnoxious son tried to drown his daughter on a family holiday Thats Gils interpretation his sister thinks he was only playing around

Or did When she and her husband perish in a car crash Gil becomes his nephews legal guardian Matthew is now an urbane 17yearold raised in Manhattans Upper East Side a planet away from rural Vermont where Gil
lives with his wife and daughters teaching at the local university

At first Matthew seems like he has changed but when he begins to take Gils writing classes he submits a story detailing the various ways a character resembling Gils youngest daughter might die While Gil believes that he has invited a psychopath to live under his roof the women in his life are impressed by Matthews intelligence and charm Is Gil losing his mind or are his family in desperate danger