β Scribed by Joyce Carol Oates
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A lonely widow is romanced by a "brilliantly portrayed" pathological killer in this novel by the National Book Awardβwinning author of them (The New York Times).
Dorothea Deverell is a New England art historian working for a Boston museum, resigned to entering middle age aloneβuntil she's swept off her feet by the flattery of a charming younger man who calls her his soul mate. Colin Asch is swept away too. He admires Dorothea's gentle nature, innate goodness, decency, and acceptance of others without judgment. She's nothing at all like the people Colin has met beforeβand murdered.
A self-appointed "Angel of Death," Colin is determined to keep Dorothea happyβby eliminating anyone who gets in the way of his plan. They'll be clever kills, untraceable and fast as a knife-slash to the throat. Each one will bring him closer to the woman he loves. And by the time Dorothea discovers what horrors passion has...
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