Just One Look: A Novel

ISBN: 0593159055

Author: Cameron, Lindsay

Condition: New

A young womans escalating obsession with a seemingly perfect man leads her down a dangerous path in this delicious and marvelously controlled (The New York Times Book Review) novel of suspense.Bitingly modern and totally addictive, Lindsay Camerons suspense debut is the freshest take on stalker fiction since You.-Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never HereNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SHE READSEyes arent the windows to the soul. Emails are.Cassie Woodson is adrift. After suffering an epic tumble down the corporate ladder, Cassie finds the only way she can pay her bills is to take a thankless temp job reviewing correspondence for a large-scale fraud suit. The daily drudgery amplifies all that her life is lacking-love, friends, stability-and leaves her with too much time on her hands, which she spends fixating on the mistakes that brought her to this point.While sorting through a relentless deluge of emails, something catches her eye: the tender (and totally private) exchanges between a partner at the firm, Forest Watts, and his enchanting wife, Annabelle. Cassie knows she shouldnt read them. But its just one look. And once that door opens, she finds she cant look away.Every day, twenty floors below Forests corner office, Cassie dissects their emails from her dingy workstation. A few clicks of her mouse and she can see every adoring word they write to each other. By peeking into their apparently perfect life, Cassie finds renewed purpose and happiness, reveling in their penchant for vintage wines, morning juice presses, and lavish dinner parties thrown in their stately Westchester home. There are no secrets from her. Or so she thinks.Her admiration quickly escalates into all-out mimicry, because she wants this life more than anything. Maybe if she plays make-believe long enough, it will become real for her. But when Cassie orchestrates a chance meeting with Forest in the real world and sees something that throws the state of his marriage into question, the fantasy shes been carefully cultivating shatters. Suddenly, she doesnt simply admire Annabelle-she wants to take her place. And shes armed with the tools to make that happen.