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The Cul-de-Sac: A Psychological Thriller
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ISBN13: 9798293391349
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 19 2025
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 19 2025
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
THE AUTHOR WITH MORE THAN 3.5 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE!
Some places promise peace-Winter Cove keeps the promise just long enough to break you with it.
Bestselling author Alex West believes an eleven-million-dollar glass house on the Maine coast will finally give him what Manhattan never could: stillness. Space. A life with his wife, Jennifer, that isn't always under a microscope due to his fame. Jennifer wants that life too. But returning to Maine costs her more than Alex understands. More than she's ever said aloud.From the moment they arrive, Winter Cove feels... curated. The neighbors are friendly in a way that borders on performance. Their warmth is too swift. Their interest in Jennifer too sharp around the edges. And the HOA president greets her with warnings disguised as kindness-warnings Jennifer can't quite decipher no matter how hard she tries.
Then the phone rings. The caller is dead. And yet, he speaks. And then the fractures begin. Conversations she doesn't remember having. Doors that lead nowhere. Stories that collapse when questioned. And the past Jennifer has kept buried-carefully, deliberately-starts rising through the cracks she's tried so hard to seal. Someone in Winter Cove knows her. Knows who she was. Knows what happened to her in this state all those years ago. And as the truth slides closer, Jennifer is forced to face the darkest part of returning home: Some wounds don't close. Some places don't forgive. Some pasts aren't finished with you. Taut, elegant, and emotionally shattering, The Cul-de-Sac is a psychological thriller about what the mind builds to survive unbearable loss, the memories we construct when we can't face the truth, and the cost of finally seeing clearly. For readers who loved the reality-shattering revelations of Shutter Island and Before I Go to Sleep. Contains themes of mental illness, dissociation, and infant loss. About the Author Christopher Smith is the author of the #1 international bestselling The Fifth Avenue Series, The Bullied Series, and You Only Die Twice. He has sold over 3.5 million books worldwide in eighteen different languages. He lives on the coast of Maine. WHAT EARLY ARC READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CUL-DE-SAC: I've read over 300 psychological thrillers, and this one stands alone. Smith doesn't just break the fourth wall-he incinerates it. The way he handles unreliable narration is absolutely masterful. This will be on every 'Best of' list this year. - BookCritic_Anonymous This book destroyed me in the most beautiful way possible. I sobbed at the ending-not because it was sad, but because it was so perfectly, devastatingly true. Smith has created something extraordinary here. This is literature disguised as an unforgettable, terrifying thriller. - EmotionalReaderAlways I thought I understood psychological thrillers until I read this. THE CUL-DE-SAC isn't just unreliable narration-it's unreliable reality. I've never read anything that messed with my head this effectively. Absolutely brilliant. - PsychThrillerObsessed I've been reading Christopher Smith since his brilliant Fifth Avenue series and thought I knew what to expect. I was so wrong. THE CUL-DE-SAC is a complete reinvention. Absolutely phenomenal. - LongTime Fan Forever Warning: This book will ruin other thrillers for you. Nothing else will compare. The Glass House setting is pure genius-you feel exposed and trapped at the same time. - BookHoarder_Extreme Christopher Smith just wrote the thriller of the year. - ARC_Reader_Professional1 different editions
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