How Can I Help You
- 224pages
- 8 heures de lecture
Taut and compelling, How Can I Help You explores the dark side of human nature and the dangerous pull of artistic obsession....
Laura Sims Livres
Laura Sims crée des récits qui explorent les recoins troublants de l'obsession et du désir humains, souvent décrits comme un mélange puissant de terreur psychologique et d'intuition glaçante. Sa prose se caractérise par un style méticuleux qui instaure un sentiment palpable de malaise, entraînant les lecteurs dans les mondes intérieurs complexes et souvent claustrophobes de ses personnages. Sims possède une rare capacité à révéler les profondes angoisses qui se cachent sous la surface de la vie quotidienne, rendant son œuvre à la fois dérangeante et captivante. À travers sa voix distincte, elle explore les pulsions les plus sombres qui poussent les individus à leurs limites.
Looker
- 192pages
- 7 heures de lecture
One of Vogue’s Best Books of 2019 *Vogue, Best Novels of 2019 *CrimeReads, Best Fiction Debuts of 2019 *Star-Ledger, Top Ten New Jersey Authors of 2019 *EsquireUK, Best Books of 2019 So Far *People, Best New Books of the Week *Southern Living, Best New Books of Winter 2019 *Entertainment Weekly, Hottest Reads of January *CosmoUK, Best New Books of January *Vogue, Lit Hub, and CrimeReads, Most Anticipated Books of 2019 In this taut, arresting debut, a woman becomes fixated on her neighbor—the actress. Though the two women live just a few doors apart, a chasm lies between them. The actress, a celebrity with a charmed career, shares a gleaming brownstone with her handsome husband and three adorable children, while the recently separated narrator, unhappily childless and stuck in a dead-end job, lives in a run-down, three-story walk-up with her ex-husband’s cat. As her fascination grows, the narrator’s hold on reality begins to slip. Before long, she’s collecting cast-off items from the actress’s stoop and fantasizing about sleeping with the actress’s husband. After a disastrous interaction with the actress at the annual block party, what began as an innocent preoccupation turns into a stunning—and irrevocable—unraveling. Immersive and darkly entertaining, Looker is a searing psychological portrait of obsession.
