Keep You Close

When Rowan Winter, the heroine of this nail-biting psychological thriller from Whitehouse (Before We Met), learns that prominent painter Marianne Glass has died after falling from the roof of her Oxford, England, house, Marianne refuses to believe that it was an accident. Rowan knows that Marianne, her best friend from childhood, suffered from extreme vertigo and would never willingly have stood anywhere near a roof’s edge. Days later, Rowan receives a note from Marianne, postmarked the day before she died, that simply says, “I need to talk to you,” breaking a silence of 10 years. After the two had a serious misunderstanding, Rowan left Oxford for London, but at Marianne’s funeral she’s forced to revisit the past. With bulldog tenacity, she delves into Marianne’s personal and professional history, determined to unlock the mystery of what really happened to her friend. Whitehouse explores the many layers of Marianne’s and Rowan’s intertwined experiences in an emotionally satisfying read that builds to a thrilling climax. [em]Agent: Kathleen Anderson, Anderson Literary Management. (May) [/em]