Vendor
	Fritz Agency Christian Dittus
Original language
English
Categories
Thriller / suspense fiction

THE SUBSTITUTE

Nicole Lundrigan

Warren Botts is a disillusioned Ph.D., taking a break from his lab to teach middle-school science. Gentle, soft-spoken, and lonely, he innocently befriends Amanda, one of his students. But one morning, Amanda is found dead in his backyard, and Warren, shocked, flees the scene. As the small community slowly turns against him, an anonymous narrator, a person of extreme intelligence and emotional detachment, offers insight into events past and present. As the tension builds, we gain an intimate understanding of the power of secrets, illusions, and memories. Nicole Lundrigan uses her prodigious talent to deliciously creepy effect, producing a finely crafted page-turner and a chilling look into the mind of a psychopath.

Nicole Lundrigan is the author of five critically acclaimed novels, including Glass Boys and the Window Tree. (Both published by Douglas & McIntyre)

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Book Published 2017-06-01 by House of Anansi Press

Comments

[...]a captivating psychological thriller that balances secrets and lies with identity and family... the final twist, revealing all, is as satisfying as everything else about The Substitute. -- Mystery Magazine, June issue

[...]Lundrigan's novel is a spine-chiller for readers who appreciate language and refined, well-crafted plots and who aren't afraid to delve, for a time, into the mind of a psychopath. Read more...

Irresistibly clever! This creepy tale had me hooked right from the start. -- Melanie Raabe, author of The Trap

Best Health Magazine, Summer Reads: [...] this book will keep you guessing to the very end.

[...]So many questions and twists! I really did fall into this book and couldn't get up until I was finished. -- Literary Hoarders Read more...

[...] Lundrigan's writing is both elegant and darkly humorous, delivering bareknuckle social commentary that will appeal to fans of Gillian Flynn, Karin Fossum, and Laura Lippman. --Booklist, starred review

[...] A feast for fans who miss Patricia Highsmith's and Margaret Millar's haunting anatomies of people as nice as pie except for their murders. Read more...