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Hold Back the Dark
by Eileen Carr
Mass Market Paperback : 352 pages
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Introduction
IN EILEEN CARR'S HEART-POUNDING ROMANTIC SUSPENSE DEBUT, AN UNSPEAKABLE CRIME WITH A MYSTERIOUS TWIST IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.... SHE' S NO STRANGER TO THE DARKEST PLACES IN THE HUMAN MIND... Devoted to her troubled clients, clinical psychologist Aimee Gannon never thought she'd be entangled in a murder investigation. But a middle-of-the-night phone call from the Sacramento PD delivers a shock: Aimee's rebellious seventeen-year-old patient Taylor Dawkin could be a suspect in the gruesome murder of her own parents. Traumatized by the events of that fatal night, Taylor is left catatonic...and Aimee is desperate to reach beyond her silence to uncover the truth. BUT HE' S SEEN THE EVIDENCE FIRSTHAND... Detective Josh Wolf needs Aimee's help to decipher the clues behind a pattern of rectangles and circles that Taylor drew in blood at the crime scene. Unfortunately, he can't keep his mind off the beautiful psychologist -- those long legs, that irritating stubborn streak. But he can't afford a moment's distraction: After Aimee is attacked, she and Josh must race to uncover Taylor's terrifying secret...before the deadly shadows of the past strike again.
Excerpt
Hold Back the Darkby Eileen Carr
Chapter One
Phone calls at two a.m. were never good news. So when Aimee Gannon’s cell phone rang, vibrating its way across the bedside table early Tuesday morning, she woke with a knot in her chest.
She’d been swimming at the edge of a nightmare, getting caught in its currents and then fighting her way clear, never quite waking but not resting, either. It was almost a relief to be woken by the call. She groped for the phone. As she struggled upright, Aimee flipped the phone open. "This is Dr. Gannon." ...
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Discussion Questions
1. What are the various ways that different characters deal with the violence that has interrupted their lives? Which ways are effective? Why?2. What makes one person able to rise above a situation and another in the same situation unable to do so? What factors of background or temperament might play a role?
3. When a person commits a crime, does it matter why they did it? Can there be a good enough reason to hurt another person?
Notes From the Author to the Bookclub
Beginning authors are often told to write what they know. It’s much easier to write about places you’ve seen and people you know. I think the better advice, however, might be to write what you love—and there’s nothing that I love more than a page-turning, heart-stopping suspense novel, especially if there’s a nice juicy romance involved! I’d been afraid to try to write a book with the kind of complex plot that these books demand. Then on a long and fateful bike ride, two of my best friends – a clinical psychologist and a novelist – convinced me to try it and helped me rough out the idea that became HOLD BACK THE DARK. The heart of HOLD BACK THE DARK is a study of what happens to victims of violence. I think every novelist is interested in life-changing events and examining the before and after of people’s lives interrupted by a cataclysmic moment. I became fascinated by what might cause individuals to react to similar situations in different ways. The opportunity to examine these reactions was not only a challenge, both as a person and as a writer, but also an incredible emotional and mental journey for me.Book Club Recommendations
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