Please See Us
(Paperback)
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Published: 1st April 2020
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Published: 1st March 2020
Paperback
Published: 30th March 2022
Publishing Details
Please See Us
By (Author) Caitlin Mullen
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
30th March 2022
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
813.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
400
Width 105mm, Height 191mm, Spine 20mm
238g
Description
Winner of the 2021 Edgar Award for Best First Novel
In this beautifully written, thoughtful page-turner (Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists) from the next big voice in crime fiction (Susan Scarf Merrell, author of Shirley), two young women become unlikely friends during one fateful summer in Atlantic City as mysterious disappearances hit dangerously close to home.
Summer has come to Atlantic City but the boardwalk is empty of tourists, the casino lights have dimmed, and two Jane Does are laid out in the marshland behind the Sunset Motel, just west of town. Only one person even knows theyre there.
Meanwhile, Clara, a young boardwalk psychic, struggles to attract clients for the tarot readings that pay her rent. When she begins to experience very real and disturbing visions, she suspects they could be related to the recent cases of women gone missing in town. When Clara meets Lily, an ex-Soho art gallery girl who is working at a desolate casino spa and reeling from a personal tragedy, she thinks Lily may be able to help her. But Lily has her own demons to face. If they can put the pieces together in time, they may save another lost girlso long as their efforts dont attract perilous attention first.
You wont be able to stop turning the pages of this heartbreaking (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and compelling psychological thriller that explores the intersection of womanhood, power, and violence.
Author Bio
Caitlin Mullen earned a BA in English and creative writing from Colgate University, an MA in English from NYU, and an MFA in fiction from Stony Brook University. While at Stony Brook, she taught undergraduate creative writing, served as an editor and contributing writer for The Southampton Review, and worked as a bookseller at WORD in Greenpoint. She grew up in upstate New York and the Jersey Shore and currently lives in Brooklyn. Please See Us is her debut novel.
