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Name: The sleepwalker
Author: Helen McCloy

Marian Tansey appears to have it all: a welcoming circle of friends, a job at a thrift shop, and a newly purchased car. Yet her peaceful life is disturbed by a strange overnight theft of the very vehicle she bought and a growing sense of unreliability as she struggles to recall her own identity after a memory loss a year or two ago. The plot thickens when a murder enters the scene, forcing Marian to confront the mysteries surrounding her forgotten past, her concealed memories, and the secrets of the car she can no longer trust.

First publish date: 1974

Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller

Authors: Helen McCloy

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