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February Book of the Month
THERAPY by Sebastian Fitzek
THERAPY by Sebastian Fitzek was translated by Sally-Anne Spencer and will be released by St. Martin’s Press on March 17th, 2009. This press release from the German Book Office is in addition to the information provided by the publisher.
Dr. Larenz is a celebrity of a psychiatrist, so when his daughter Josy disappears, it is a national news story. But after four years, there is still no trace of her and Larenz has lost hope of finding her alive. Retreating to an island vacation home in the North Sea, Larenz is approached by Anna Glass, an author and schizophrenic who claims that her fictional characters come to life. Larenz is reluctant to treat her, but the character she describes is too similar to Josy for him to decline. Every aspect of her story parallels Josy’s disappearance, and Lenz speculates as to Anna’s role in the kidnapping. As her stories reveal more, the questions become: what really happened to Josy? Who is Anna Glass? The harder Larenz looks for answers, the more questions seem to arise.
Sebastian was born in 1971 in Berlin, and still lives there today. He studied copy-right law, but works as a program director for German radio. THERAPY, his first novel, was a huge success in Germany and has been translated into twenty-two languages. Fitzek has also had three more books published, Mindbreaker, Amok, and The Child, and is writing a fifth.
“…brilliant….Undertones of Gothic suspense imbue an unpredictable plot that will remind many of Shutter Island and A Beautiful Mind.” --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“With an attention-grabbing opener, short chapters with headers that count down the days, and an overwhelming sense of doom looming over every page, Therapy is a one-sitting page-turner that never disappoints." -- Booklist (starred review)
“This book suckers you in, but once you're hooked you are there until the final twists and I do mean twists – plural. Suffice it to say that if Alfred Hitchcock had still been working, he would have bitten Herr Fitzek's hand off for the film rights.” --Eurocrime.co.uk
“A recommendable thriller that is full of suspense right from the beginning.”
--Literaturreport.de
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