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After a painful divorce, Robert Forrester retreats to a small Pennsylvania community to recover from his emotional turmoil. One evening, he witnesses a young woman through her bright kitchen window, and the image of her domestic bliss offers him a fleeting sense of peace. Yet his fascination soon spirals into an obsessive urge to know her, blurring the boundaries between longing and intrusion. As he navigates the tension between desire and morality, Robert confronts the unsettling reality that his fixation may be both the source of comfort and the catalyst for deeper psychological conflict.
First publish date: 1962
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Patricia Highsmith
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