Remember Me This Way

May 25, 2015
London school librarian Lizzie Carter, the heroine of this absorbing tale of obsession from British author Durrant (Under Your Skin), is devastated to learn from Police Constable Morrow that her husband of just a year and a half, artist Zach Hopkins, has died in a car crash in Cornwall. A year later, Lizzie visits the scene of the fatal accident, where on the roadside she discovers flowers accompanied by a card decorated with hand-drawn hearts and signed "Xenia." When Lizzie investigates, she finds evidence that Zach may still be alive, and that much of what he told her about his past appears to have been fabricated. She turns to Morrow for help, but Morrow dismisses Lizzie's suspicions as symptoms of grief. In the manner of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, entries from Zach's computer diary alternate with Lizzie's thoughts about events as they are happening. Durrant steadily builds suspense up to the unexpected and thoroughly satisfying conclusion. Agent: Gráinne Fox, Fletcher & Co..

April 1, 2015
A year after Lizzie Carter's husband, Zach, dies in a car crash, she visits the accident scene for the first time, beginning a series of unsettling occurrences. At the crash site there are flowers from another woman who expresses love for Zach. Worse, Lizzie finds the letter she wrote him saying she wanted a separationa letter she thought he had not received before he diedopen and crumpled in his Cornwall cottage, where he had gone to paint. Then things start being moved around and vanishing from their London house. The marriage had become a love-hate relationship for Lizzie, because of Zach's instability and unfounded jealousy, and as Lizzie gradually discovers how little she really knew Zach, she becomes convinced that he faked his death and is just waiting for the right moment to kill her. In alternate chapters narrated by Zach and Lizzie, Durrant (Under Your Skin, 2014) develops her characters skillfully as she builds tension in this involving novel of psychological suspense with a lingering undercurrent of sadness.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)