{"product_id":"9780812989540","title":"The Waters \u0026 The Wild","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaunted by a past crime and a past lover, a psychoanalyst tries to protect his daughter from his mistakes—but at what cost?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“This dazzling gothic-tinged thriller takes us deep into a labyrinth of secrets, lies, and deceptions.”—Dan Chaon, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Ill Will\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Abend is a single parent in New York City, with a successful therapy practice and a comfortable life: an apartment on the Upper West Side, a teenage daughter, a peaceful daily routine. When one of his patients commits suicide, it is a tragedy, but one easily explained: The young woman suffered from depression and drug addiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut soon after, Daniel receives an ominous note that makes him question the circumstances surrounding his patient’s death. He is provided with a provocative series of clues—a mysterious key, a cryptic poem, a photograph with a chilling message. A few days later, his daughter abruptly disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel is swept into an increasingly desperate search for his daughter, and for the truth—a search that stretches back decades, to when he was a young man living in Paris, falling in love with a woman who would ultimately upend his life. As he is tormented by a steady flow of anonymous letters, Daniel recognizes that he must confront the secrets of his past: There is a debt to be paid, an account to be settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdvance praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Waters \u0026amp; The Wild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Elegant, elegiac, enigmatic: three words to describe \u003ci\u003eThe Waters \u0026amp; The Wild\u003c\/i\u003e. DeSales Harrison crafts a series of intricate psychological layers that blur the lines between what is past and present, real and unreal. This is a compelling debut that is equal parts character study and literary labyrinth.”\u003cb\u003e—Matthew Pearl, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dante Club \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Last Bookaneer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A cryptic, beguiling puzzle-box of a book, \u003ci\u003eThe Waters \u0026amp; The Wild\u003c\/i\u003e is chilling in its acuity and deep in its sorrows—a mesmeric exploration of guilt in the vein of \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History, \u003c\/i\u003ewith the frantic nightmare-logic of a thriller.”\u003cb\u003e—David Gilbert, author of \u003ci\u003e\u0026amp; Sons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007111774448,"sku":"9780812989540","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812989540_p0.jpg?v=1763741493","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812989540","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}