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False Memory

MAY CONTAIN MARKUP

By Dean Koontz

FROM THE COVER: Martie Rhodes, a happily married, successful video games designer, takes an agoraphobic friend to therapy sessions twice a week. Each trip is a grim ordeal, but the experience has brought the two friends even closer together. Then, one morning, Martie experiences a brief, irrational but disquieting fear of... her shadow. When autophobia - one of the rarest and most intriguing phobias known to psychology - is diagnosed, suddenly, radically her life changes, and the future looks dark. Martie's husband, Dusty, loves her profoundly, and is desperate to understand the cause of her autophobia. But as he comes closer to the terrible truth, Dusty himsell starts showing signs of a psychological disorder even more frightening than that afflicting Martie...FALSE MEMORY is the breathtaking new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of SEIZE THE NIGHT and FEAR NOTHING.

London. Headline Book Publishing. 1999. 827p.

Rebecca

By Daphne du Maurier

"Rebecca" is a novel by British author Daphne du Maurier, first published in 1938. The novel is a gothic romance and psychological thriller that tells the story of an unnamed young woman who marries a wealthy widower, Maxim de Winter, and moves into his estate, Manderley.

The new Mrs. de Winter soon realizes that the shadow of Maxim's first wife, Rebecca, who died in mysterious circumstances, still looms large over the house and its inhabitants. She feels like an outsider in her own home and is haunted by the memory of Rebecca, who was beautiful, charismatic, and seemingly perfect. As she tries to uncover the truth about Rebecca's death, the new Mrs. de Winter becomes entangled in a web of deceit, jealousy, and danger.

The novel is known for its vivid descriptions of the English countryside, its atmospheric portrayal of Manderley, and its exploration of themes such as love, identity, jealousy, and the nature of truth. It has been adapted into several films, stage productions, and a television series, and is considered one of du Maurier's most popular and enduring works.

London. Gollancz. 1936. 283p.