
Breathless
J.P. Smith(Author)
Thomas & Mercer (Publisher)
Published on 20. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-1-61218-569-9 (ISBN)
Description
What does grief taste like? What does it weigh? How does it quietly curve around your heart, begging long-kept secrets to become unburied? When history professor Jill Bowman learns of her husband's gruesome murder in a seedy motel room, she knows he had no business being there-not serious, sincere Peter, the man she'd known in the most intimate ways a person can be known. Enveloped in grief, Jill struggles to piece together what could have happened that night and slowly uncovers Peter's secrets. But her search reveals dark parts of herself as well...secrets she'd never known she was keeping. The self-discovery forces her to reexamine her relationships with her family, her students, her mentally ill daughter, and the detective handling Peter's case-to whom she finds herself inexorably drawn. At once a shadowy, erotically charged thriller and a heartbreaking portrait of grief, Breathless explores the subtle and precious intricacies of a life upended by sudden death.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Publishing group
Amazon Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61218-569-9 (9781612185699)
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Person
J.P. Smith was born in New York City and began his writing career in London, where he lived for several years and where his first novel, The Man from Marseille, was published. His latest novel, Airtight, has just appeared with Thomas & Mercer, who have also brought back into print all of his previous titles. He currently lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts.