Girl in the Dark: A Novel of Suspense
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An award-winning, internationally bestselling author makes her American debut with this taut, riveting domestic drama with the compulsive intensity of The Good Girl, The Pocket Wife, and The Stranger, about a long-lost brother convicted of a horrifying crime and a sister’s fight to clear his name.
A single mother and lawyer, Iris has a colorful caseload, a young son with behavior issues, and a judgmental mother.
She also has a brother—shocking news she uncovers by accident. Why did her mother lie to her for her entire life? Why did she hide the existence of Ray Boelens from her?
Curious about this sibling she has never known, Iris begins to search for long-buried truths. What she discovers surprises—and horrifies—her. Her older brother is autistic—and in prison for brutally murdering his neighbor and her daughter.
Visiting Ray, she meets a man who looks heartbreakingly like her own son. A man who is devoted to his tropical fish and who loves baking bread. A man whose naiveté unnerves her. There is no question that Ray is odd and obsessive, unable to communicate like the rest of us. But is he really a killer?
Told in the alternative voices of Ray and Iris, Girl in the Dark is a compulsive, page-turning thriller about lies, murder, and the tenacity of a family determined to stay together even as they are pulled apart at the most vulnerable seams.
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Marion Pauw. (2016). Girl in the Dark: A Novel of Suspense. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Marion Pauw. 2016. Girl in the Dark: A Novel of Suspense. HarperCollins.
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MLA Citation (style guide)Marion Pauw. Girl in the Dark: A Novel of Suspense. HarperCollins, 2016.
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A single mother and lawyer, Iris has a colorful caseload, a young son with behavior issues, and a judgmental mother.
She also has a brother—shocking news she uncovers by accident. Why did her mother lie to her for her entire life? Why did she hide the existence of Ray Boelens from her?
Curious about this sibling she has never known, Iris begins to search for long-buried truths. What she discovers surprises—and horrifies—her. Her older brother is autistic—and in prison for brutally murdering his neighbor and her daughter.
Visiting Ray, she meets a man who looks heartbreakingly like her own son. A man who is devoted to his tropical fish and who loves baking bread. A man whose naiveté unnerves her. There is no question that Ray is odd and obsessive, unable to communicate like the rest of us. But is he really a killer?
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"One of the most thrilling and entertaining suspense writers of The Netherlands—or any country for that matter. Marion Pauw just may be the Dutch answer to Gillian Flynn." — Herman Koch, author of The Dinner
"Pauw's American debut is a tense revelation of dangerous family secrets and a challenge to preconceptions about autism.... A must-read for fans of character-driven stories, such as Tana French's Faithful Place." — Booklist (starred review)
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Lawyer Iris Kaselstein, the heroine of Dutch author Pauw’s intriguing if flawed U.S. debut, is having a hard time managing her workload while fulfilling her responsibilities as a single mother to her three-year-old son, Aaron. Aaron’s aggressive behavior in day care forces Iris to interrupt a conference with a client, Peter van Benschop, who’s facing civil charges for using an underage teenager in a porn film. Meanwhile, Ray Boelens, an inmate convicted of stabbing his neighbor Rosita Angeli and her four-year-old daughter, Anna, to death, before stubbing a cigarette out on the little girl’s corpse, consistently maintains his innocence. Finally, Iris learns by chance that Ray is her older brother, and she agrees to advocate for him. Her natural questioning of her mother’s choice to keep Ray’s existence a secret leads to serious tension between them. The truth about Rosita and Anna’s deaths may surprise some readers, but even they may view it as a contrivance. Agent: Michael Carlisle, Inkwell Management
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Winner of the Netherlands' Golden Noose Award for crime fiction, Pauw's American debut is a tense revelation of dangerous family secrets and a challenge to preconceptions about autism. Attorney and single mother Iris Kasterlein is often forced to rely on her mother's help, so she's obligated to return the favor by house-sitting during her mother's annual spa retreat. While house-sitting, Iris uncovers a devastating family secret: she has a half-brother, Ray, whom her mother has hidden from everyone. Ray, once a gifted baker, is serving a prison sentence for the violent murders of his neighbor, Rosita, and her young daughter. Prosecutors alleged that Ray flew into a violent rage when Rosita rejected him, and, although he claimed innocence, autism and distrust proved insurmountable obstacles to helping his defense. Ignoring her mother's protests, Iris visits Ray and becomes determined to work for his release. As Iris investigates his case, it becomes clear that beautiful but manipulative Rosita had many potential killers. Ray's sad, bewildered voice is riveting as his memories inch toward revealing the truth about the murders, and Iris' struggle to understand her mother's betrayal and right her wrong is gut-wrenching and relatable. A must-read for fans of character-driven stories, such as Tana French's Faithful Place.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)
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A single mother and lawyer, Iris has a colorful caseload, a young son with behavior issues, and a judgmental mother.
She also has a brother—shocking news she uncovers by accident. Why did her mother lie to her for her entire life? Why did she hide the existence of Ray Boelens from her?
Curious about this sibling she has never known, Iris begins to search for long-buried truths. What she discovers surprises—and horrifies—her. Her older brother is autistic—and in prison for brutally murdering his neighbor and her daughter.
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