Killing Me Softly - Nicci French
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| Sun, 07-10-2005 - 8:10pm |
First, from Amazon:
From Publishers Weekly
A critically acclaimed, bestselling British author (The Memory Game), French makes her American debut with a stunning novel of sexual obsession. Alice Loudon has a wonderful boyfriend, Jake; a nice apartment in London; good friends; and a satisfying job as a research manager in a pharmaceutical company. On her way to work one morning, she locks eyes with a handsome man dressed in black, and cannot get him out of her mind. Later that day, she finds him waiting for her and she plunges into an affair of such intensity that she leaves Jake, neglects her friends and her health and even puts herself in great danger. "Sex had never been like this. There had been indifferent sex, embarrassing sex, nasty sex, good sex, great sex. This was more like obliterating sex." Alice's new lover, Adam Tallis, is a mountain climber and a hero. Guiding an ill-fated expedition to the top of a Himalayan mountain, he risked his life to save over half the climbers (although five people died). He seems perfect, but he reveals little about himself; he never laughs; and sometimes he inflicts physical pain on Alice during sex. Despite the shocking revelations of a woman who claims to be his former lover, Alice marries Adam. Soon she cannot ignore other frightening signals: mysteriously threatening notes and incessant phone calls from someone who never speaks. After she meets several more women from Adam's past, she pieces together his secrets, and sees his overwhelming love for her in a more sinister light.
Now, my .02:
This was another book that I began with no clue what it was about

Jackie, at an ABC'r's recommendation last year I bought Nicci French's "Secret Smile", also a novel which explores the dark side of love ... in "Secret Smile" a young woman in London breaks up with the guy she's been casually dating due to "he's ok, but no fireworks" ... only to find that he's showing up in her life in inappropriate places ... dating her quiet and awkward sister, befriending her father, etc.
Very good thriller!
What you described is pretty much what I'd expected from this one
~Jackie
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