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When an intriguing novel appears on Catherine's bedside table, she curls up and begins to read. But as she turns the pages she is horrified to realize she is a key character, a main player.
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Imagine reading a novel in the sanctuary of your own home, only to realize in one heart-stopping moment that it is a novel about you and one awful day, twenty years ago, that you’ve spent the rest of your life trying to forget. Only one other person, now dead, knew the truth about what happened that day, and you thought they’d taken your secret to the grave...
When a book entitled The Perfect Stranger lands in her mailbox, successful documentary film maker Catherine is intrigued. But as she turns its pages, she realizes its dark story is inspired by her own life. In vivid and harrowing detail, the narrative describes the terrible day on which her life changed forever and she became hostage to a dark secret. Desperate to discover who the author is and what he or she wants, Catherine races to the end of the book—only to be confronted by a portrayal of her death.
Intertwined with Catherine’s narrative is that of Stephen Brigstocke, a grieving widower who discovered among his late wife’s possessions a manuscript that horrifies him. Convinced that it tells the truth, he cannot rest until he shares it not only with Catherine but also with her husband and son, both of whom react violently to its contents. As Catherine’s world falls apart, she knows that the only way forward is to confront Brigstocke and tell him what really happened that day, even if the reality is even more agonizing than what he currently believes.
Disclaimer is about a normal woman whose entire life is changed in one fateful day, when her past finally catches up with her. A breathtakingly suspenseful debut novel, it captures the consuming desire for revenge, and the terrible price we pay for hiding the truth.
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