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2000s: A writer starts to watch her neighbours to help her story…but what is fiction and what is not?
The Watcher
What you need to know before your trail
Escaping her broken marriage, successful author Elena settles into a hastily arranged sublet. Shattered, on the verge of coming unhinged, she’s unable to sleep, write, or even unpack. Then she discovers an innocent pastime to occupy her restless days and nights—watching her neighbors through the kitchen window. The Storms seem like the perfect family, but the more Elena sees and hears, the more she believes that there’s something terribly wrong in the house next door.
She’s certain she’s an eyewitness to a violent marriage that could be building to a murderous climax. It’s all a little frightening. It’s also inspiring. Elena hasn’t felt this creative in years. Now she’s imagining the worst. To confirm her suspicions, she decides to watch a little closer—by following Mr. and Mrs. Storm into their secret lives, if only to save them from themselves.
But as the dangers escalate, and the line between real and unreal threatens to dissolve, who will save Elena?
Travel Guide
Sweden
There is little sense of place in this novel although it is set in Sweden we are never told where or where it might be close to. This helps to give a further sense of isolation and vagueness to the setting and to increase the sense of loss and loneliness felt by the author as she starts to write.
What she looks at, who she sees and why she starts to weave fact and fiction together are the real settings of this novel. What goes on inside someone’s head and inside someone’s imagination.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Watcher
Destination :Sweden Author/Guide: Caroline Eriksson Departure Time:2000s
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