Don't Look Away
A Novel
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- 予約注文
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- リリース予定日：2026年7月7日
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- ¥1,800
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From the author of The Perfect Home comes a harrowing domestic crime thriller where a former defense attorney is forced out of retirement to defend her husband—now the prime suspect in the serial murder case terrorizing Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Leslie Woodhouse’s most exciting days should be behind her. In a past life, she was a defense attorney with a reputation for finding loopholes in high-profile cases. Now, she’s enjoying a modest retirement in Florida in a seaside condo with her mild-mannered husband, Robert. The only things that get her heart rate up now are late-night coffees, playful banter with her beloved older sister, and the news: the serial killer ravaging Florida’s Gulf Coast has just made his first mistake. An eight-year-old girl has seen his face and lived.
To Leslie, the murderer is little more than a morbid fascination—until she comes home to flashing police lights. Robert is arrested, accused of being the Gulf Coast Killer. Leslie is convinced of his innocence, and despite warnings not to represent her husband, she starts work on his defense. But as she unravels the facts, she can’t shake the unanswered questions. What was Robert’s DNA doing at the scene of the crime? And if she’s right to defend Robert, then who is the real Gulf Coast Killer, and why is he framing her husband?
Don’t Look Away is a twisty, compulsively readable thriller that asks: what do we owe one another— and what are the consequences of ignoring the truth?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A retiree's life is upended when her spouse is accused of murder in this taut domestic thriller from Kenitz (The Perfect Home). Former criminal defense attorney Leslie Woodhouse leads an idyllic life with her second husband, Robert, in their seaside Florida condo. Only Robert's uneasy relationship with his son, Weston, and Leslie's unexplainable rift with her daughter, Stephanie, disrupt their peace. Then one night, Robert is arrested and charged with being the Gulf Coast Killer, a local bogeyman who's murdered seven women. The eight-year-old daughter of the latest victim has identified Robert as the culprit by a distinctive feature: his different-colored eyes. Certain it's a mistake, Leslie prepares to defend Robert, but how to explain away the DNA evidence linking him to the latest crime scene and the fact that all of the murders took place when Robert had no solid alibi? She tries to determine who might have motive to frame Robert and if anyone else is being targeted. Eventually, she stumbles into a twisted plan for revenge. Kenitz toggles between the perspectives of Leslie, Robert, and Weston as his characters reap the bloody consequences of their long-ago actions, and the narrative culminates in a terrifying climax. This is a rattling ride.
