by Michael Upchurch
Page Turner of the Week
It should have been a dream vacation: three carefree weeks to celebrate their first anniversary. But Seattle photojournalist Walker Popman and his wife, Susan, soon find their odyssey turning into something closer to a nightmare. From San Francisco to Los Angeles, New Orleans to Boston, an increasingly ominous specter seems to be shadowing them—until, in Chicago, tragedy strikes. (We won't give it away.)
Returning home, a shattered Susan reaches out, first to Walker's strangely seductive ex, Eleanor, then to the psychiatrist she discovers Walker had been seeing. Skillfully spun by Seattle resident Michael Upchurch, who has written two previous novels, this eerie and erotic story of love and loss can truly be described as haunting. (Norton, $23)
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