Suspicious River : A Novel

';Those who like Joyce Carol Oates will love this' dark novel of psychological suspense by the author of Mind of Winter and The Life Before Her Eyes (Kirkus Reviews). A married motel receptionist in a bleak Michigan town, Leila Murray has slipped into the habit of trading sex with strangers for money. When she meets a drifter who alternately sweet-talks and physically abuses her, it might be the wakeup call that dissuades her from a life of prostitution. Instead, she allows him to become her pimp. In this chilling, ';beautifully written page-turner' (Booklist), we follow Leila's life as she spirals out of controland learn the darkness in her past that drives herin ';an exploration of the legacy of abuse and violence [and] an amazing first novel' (The Boston Globe). ';[An] extremely powerful debut... Profoundly disturbing but also resonant with hope and rebirth.' Los Angeles Times