{"product_id":"book-cbb5","title":"The Waters \u0026 The Wild","description":"\u003cb\u003eHaunted by a past crime and a past lover, a psychoanalyst tries to protect his daughter from his mistakes—but at what cost?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“This dazzling gothic-tinged thriller takes us deep into a labyrinth of secrets, lies, and deceptions.”—Dan Chaon, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Ill Will\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Abend is a single parent in New York City, with a successful therapy practice and a comfortable life: an apartment on the Upper West Side, a teenage daughter, a peaceful daily routine. When one of his patients commits suicide, it is a tragedy, but one easily explained: The young woman suffered from depression and drug addiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But soon after, Daniel receives an ominous note that makes him question the circumstances surrounding his patient’s death. He is provided with a provocative series of clues—a mysterious key, a cryptic poem, a photograph with a chilling message. A few days later, his daughter abruptly disappears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Daniel is swept into an increasingly desperate search for his daughter, and for the truth—a search that stretches back decades, to when he was a young man living in Paris, falling in love with a woman who would ultimately upend his life. As he is tormented by a steady flow of anonymous letters, Daniel recognizes that he must confront the secrets of his past: There is a debt to be paid, an account to be settled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAdvance praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Waters \u0026amp; The Wild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Elegant, elegiac, enigmatic: three words to describe \u003ci\u003eThe Waters \u0026amp; The Wild\u003c\/i\u003e. DeSales Harrison crafts a series of intricate psychological layers that blur the lines between what is past and present, real and unreal. This is a compelling debut that is equal parts character study and literary labyrinth.”\u003cb\u003e—Matthew Pearl, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dante Club \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Last Bookaneer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A cryptic, beguiling puzzle-box of a book, \u003ci\u003eThe Waters \u0026amp; The Wild\u003c\/i\u003e is chilling in its acuity and deep in its sorrows—a mesmeric exploration of guilt in the vein of \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History, \u003c\/i\u003ewith the frantic nightmare-logic of a thriller.”\u003cb\u003e—David Gilbert, author of \u003ci\u003e\u0026amp; Sons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49330963808560,"sku":"BDcbb5","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/198926-cbb5-Square.jpg?v=1733801313","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cbb5","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}