Books like The girl I used to be by Mary Torjussen
Gemma Brogan, a real‑estate agent, wakes to a night she cannot recall after a staff dinner with a prospective client. She is furious at herself for drinking so much, but the real horror comes when she starts receiving disturbing mementos from that night—a photo of a hallway kiss, a video of her complaining about her husband, and more. The blackmailing escalates, and Gemma’s marriage, which was already fragile, becomes threatened by the unseen menace. As the paranoia intensifies and her sense of control dissolves, she is drawn back to a night from years ago that set the chain of events in motion. In this psychological suspense novel, Mary Torjussen explores how long a shadow can haunt a woman’s life and the desperate lengths she will go to protect the people she loves.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Mary Torjussen
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