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Joanne Hunter’s secure suburban world is unraveling: her husband abandons her after twenty years, her best friend grows distant, her grandfather is ill, and her teenage daughters demand all of her attention. Amid this chaos, a stranger with a rasping voice begins to send deadly phone messages, luring Joanne toward the deep end of terror and despair.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Joy Fielding
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