{"product_id":"2940170097098","title":"Before She Knew Him: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatching a killer is dangerous amp;mdash; especially if he lives next door.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the hugely talented author of \u003ci\u003eThe Kind Worth Killing\u003c\/i\u003e comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHen and her husband, Lloyd, have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she¿s found some stability and peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband¿s office shelf. The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. Hen knows because she¿s long had a fascination with this unsolved murder amp;mdash; an obsession she doesn¿t talk about anymore but can¿t fully shake, either.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould her neighbor Matthew be a killer? Or is this the beginning of another psychotic episode like the one she suffered back in college, when she became so consumed with proving a fellow student guilty that she ended up hurting a classmate?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more Hen observes Matthew, the more she suspects he¿s planning something truly terrifying. Yet no one will believe her. Then one night, when she comes face-to-face with Matthew in a dark parking lot, she realizes he knows she¿s been watching him, that she¿s really on to him; and that this is the beginning of a horrifying nightmare she may not live to escape....\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150548222192,"sku":"2940170097098","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170097098_p0.jpg?v=1763701831","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170097098","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}