{"product_id":"dream-girl-9780062390097","title":"Dream Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist Editors' Choice!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCalled One of the Best Mystery Books by NPR, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, Crime Reads, \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel\u003c\/em\u003e, and Dublin City Library!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"With this tip of the hat to Stephen King's \u003cem\u003eMisery\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDream Girl \u003c\/em\u003eis funny and suspenseful, with a dread-worthy final twist.\" --\u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"My dream novel. I devoured this in three days. The sharpest, clearest-eyed take on our #MeToo reckoning yet. Plus: enthralling.\" --Megan Abbott, Edgar Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eDare Me\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Fever\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFollowing up on her acclaimed and wildly successful \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller \u003cem\u003eLady in the Lake\u003c\/em\u003e, Laura Lippman returns with a dark, complex tale of psychological suspense with echoes of \u003cem\u003eMisery\u003c\/em\u003e involving a novelist, incapacitated by injury, who is plagued by mysterious phone calls.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAubrey, the title character of Gerry Andersen's most successful novel, \u003cem\u003eDream Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, is so captivating that Gerry's readers insist she's real. Gerry knows she exists only in his imagination. So how can Aubrey be calling Gerry, bed-bound since a freak fall? A virtual prisoner in his penthouse, Gerry is dependent on two women he barely knows: his incurious young assistant, and a dull, slow-witted night nurse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould the cryptic caller be one of his three ex-wives playing a vindictive trick after all these years? Or is she Margot, an ex-girlfriend who keeps trying to insinuate her way back into Gerry's life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd why does no one believe that the call even happened?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsolated from the world, drowsy from medication, Gerry slips between reality and dreamlike memories: his faithless father, his devoted mother; the women who loved him, the women he loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow here is Aubrey, threatening to visit him, suggesting that Gerry owes her something. Is the threat real or a sign of dementia? Which scenario would he prefer? Gerry has never been so alone, so confused - and so terrified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then he wakes up to another nightmare--a woman's dead body next to his bed--and the terrifying uncertainty of whether he is responsible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLippman, Laura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSince \u003cstrong\u003eLaura Lippman's \u003c\/strong\u003edebut in 1997, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the essential crime writers of the last 100 years. Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697747824914,"sku":"9780062390097","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01275fbb-4d31-4a29-91fc-4c79b751108f.jpg?v=1734307899","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dream-girl-9780062390097","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}