The Plunge
A Novel
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- ¥1,700
発行者による作品情報
"This is the smart, sexy, scandalous read of the season.” —Town & Country
“Acclaimed playwright Raicek’s debut novel is a twisty, tense psychological thriller, tantalizingly sexy and explosively unnerving.” —Booklist
A searing suspense novel that follows a grieving young woman as she is pulled into a seductive love triangle. As secrets from her past begin to resurface, she is forced to question who’s lying, who she can trust—and whether, in the end, she can trust herself.
I had become good at hiding things, and most of all from myself.
In the wake of her fiancé’s shocking death, Liv flees to New York where she seeks refuge in the apartment of an old mentor. Broken and lonely, she ventures to a party one night and sees him: Damon, her magnetic former neighbor. At his side is Isabel, a beguiling older widow whose presence intrigues and unsettles her. Desperate for escape, Liv is drawn into their charged dynamic and becomes entangled in their dazzling lives.
But when an investigative journalist invades their circle, threatening to expose a shattering secret from her past, Liv begins to unravel. She embarks on an all-consuming affair with Damon, complicated by her deepening bond with Isabel. Over the course of one scorching summer – moving from Manhattan to the North Fork to Lake Como – their lives collide in a dangerous game of desire and betrayal that pushes them to an explosive edge.
Searing, taut, and propulsive, The Plunge plumbs the depths of obsession and the ravages of grief. Told with razor-sharp prose and emotional precision, it offers an unflinching examination of the deceptions that undo us, and marks the arrival of a resonant and provocative new voice in fiction.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Playwright Raicek debuts with a seductive literary thriller about a writer picking up the pieces after an accident kills her fiancé. Two weeks before Liv and Graham's wedding date, news breaks during a cocktail reception hosted by Graham's company that he has been accused of bullying his subordinates, and he's promptly fired. He and Liv leave the party, held on the Northern California coast, and he roughs her up, then drives drunk with her in the car. They go over a cliff on the Pacific Coast Highway and only Liv survives. After the accident, she moves back to New York and runs into a married neighbor, Damon, at a party, along with his charming friend, Isobel, who Liv suspects is Damon's lover. The pair invite Liv into their circle, calling her their "stray." Damon takes Liv on walks and to museums, and they start hooking up, unbeknownst to Isabel. Meanwhile, Liv is pulled back to the night of the accident in California when she receives a photo of her and Graham leaving the party from an unknown phone number, causing her to wonder if it's from a journalist intent on digging up more of the story. The plot is propulsive, and Raicek keeps the reader guessing at the characters' true intentions. It's a diverting tale.
