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Second Life: A Novel ~ SIGNED
by S. J Watson
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0062060589
- ISBN 13
- 9780062060587
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About This Item
New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Brand new, never read. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full number line present. Personally flat signed by the author directly to the full title page. Not a tip in. Not a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for years of worry free reading/collecting! Photos available upon request. From the New York Times bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep, a sensational new psychological thriller about a woman with a secret identity that threatens to destroy her. How well can you really know another person? How far would you go to find the truth about someone you love? When Julia learns that her sister has been violently murdered, she must uncover why. But Julia's quest quickly evolves into an alluring exploration of own darkest sensual desires. Becoming involved with a dangerous stranger online, she's losing herself...losing control...perhaps losing everything. Her search for answers will jeopardize her marriage, her family, and her life. A tense and unrelenting novel that explores the secret lives people lead and the dark places in which they can find themselves Second Life is a masterwork of suspense from the acclaimed S. J. Watson.
Reviews
On Mar 15 2015, CloggieDownunder said:
“I realize with sudden clarity that we’re wearing masks, all of us, all the time. We’re presenting a face, a version of ourselves, to the world, to each other. We show a different face depending on who we’re with and what they expect of us. Even when we’re alone, it’s just another mask, the version of ourselves we’d prefer to be.”
Second Life is the second novel by the acclaimed author of Before I Go To Sleep, S.J.Watson. When her sister, Kate is murdered in a Paris alleyway, happily married London photographer, Julia Plummer is devastated. She feels acutely that she has let her sister down, and is determined to uncover the facts. The box of Kate’s effects she has been given by Kate’s flatmate, Anna, lead her to question what she knew about her sister: she soon finds herself risking everything she holds dear in an online relationship with someone who could be the murderer. “There’s a point where an online dalliance might become dangerous, but who can really say when it is?”
After a decidedly slow start, Watson once again gives the reader a gripping tale with a plot full of tension that twists and turns multiple times before reaching a shattering climax. His cast of characters is believable, although many have secrets and some are definitely not what they first seem. Quite unlike Watson’s protagonist in Before I Go To Sleep, this narrator will exasperate readers with her naïveté, her more-than-occasional stupidity and her self-absorbed state of mind; her selfishness, too, will leave the reader gasping.
This is a psychological thriller that graphically illustrates the dangers to be found online, where no one is necessarily what they appear or claim to be. It demonstrates how, once you dispatch it by email or social media, you lose control over any image or piece of information. Today’s technology means almost anything can be faked and makes the potential for extortion of the unwary virtually limitless. Another thought-provoking page-turner.
4.5 stars
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- Bookseller
- Books On The Boulevard (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 586
- Title
- Second Life: A Novel ~ SIGNED
- Author
- S. J Watson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Hardcover Signed First
- ISBN 10
- 0062060589
- ISBN 13
- 9780062060587
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015-06
- Keywords
- Crime; DIXNAS; Fiction; General; Mystery & Detective; Psychological; Psychological fiction; Suspense; Thrillers, signed, collectible, autographed, novel
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