{"product_id":"back-to-the-coast-9781904738374","title":"Back to the Coast","description":"\"A splendid job...Those who appreciate intelligent writing and emotionally plausible characters will be rewarded.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \"Noort cranks up the tension with skill to produce a truly gripping nightmare.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cb\u003eSaskia Noort\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A mystery writer of the heart as much as of the mind, a balance that marks her work with a flesh-and-blood humanity.'--Andrew Pyper, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wildfire Season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Affairs, deceit, manipulation, tax dodges and murder---there's nothing Noort shies away from stirring into the mix, nicely showing off the sinister side of the suburbs.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"While there are echoes of \u003ci\u003eDesperate Housewives\u003c\/i\u003e here, this is closer to Mary Higgins Clark and is a good bet for her fans.\"---\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria has money problems, two children from a failed marriage, and a depressive boyfriend. When she becomes pregnant, she decides not to keep the baby and then the letters start to arrive. Threatening letters, from pro-life activists she thinks at first, but then she begins to suspect others--even her own boyfriend. She flees to her sister's house, redolent with memories of a childhood she does not want to revisit. As the death threats follow her to her hiding place, Maria begins to fear not only for her life but for her own sanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is relentless suspense writing; it is a description of Maria's hellish descent into a world of induced paranoia that ends with a narrow escape from a carefully planned murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaskia Noort\u003c\/b\u003e, born in 1967, is an acclaimed author of literary thrillers and international bestsellers. She has sold over a million copies of her first three novels and splits her time between the Netherlands and a Spanish island retreat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bitter Lemon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781904738374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/06\/2009 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Saskia Noort","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44978650710197,"sku":"9781904738374","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0badaa96-89ab-4f8f-b865-8f27b6c26ffe.jpg?v=1735064031","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/back-to-the-coast-9781904738374","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}