DISCLAIMER
Book ID/图书代码： 03540014B68257
English Summary/英文概要： How would it feel if you came across yourself in a novel? It is unmistakably you. Worse, it is about something you have never told anyone – anyone living that is.
When Catherine starts reading The Perfect Stranger by E. J. Preston she is like any other avid reader, stimulated by the dark undertones, engrossed but not threatened. So on turning the pages Catherine is sickened to find herself written into the story, reincarnated from twenty years ago. There, described in vivid and awful detail, is a day that she has chosen to forget and a role she has never admitted to. A truth too big for her family to survive. What can you do but read on, panicked and sweating, horrified by the repercussions, desperate for answers as to who the author is and what they want. Then like a sledgehammer to your chest you come up against the ending. Your death.
Catherine has never met Stephen. But Stephen knows all about Catherine. Most importantly he knows the details of her most closely guarded secret. One kept for twenty years, tucked carefully out of reach of the benevolent love of her husband and the frustrated hopes of her son. But Stephen has found her secret, nurtured it and breathed life into it. Now he is going to carefully and deliberately expose both it and her and extract the ultimate revenge.
‘Such a pity she hadn’t realised that doing nothing would be such a deadly omission.’
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 如果你發現自己已成為小說中主角，書中一字一句精準道出你的故事，更可怕的是，那些都是你從未向人說過的事！
Catherine像其他讀者一樣，一翻開《The Perfect Stranger》時，即被書中營造的驚悚的氛圍所吸引，但是並未真的身臨其境的感覺，不過當她越往下看，發現自己似乎被寫入書中，鉅細靡遺的描述20年前某件事她選擇遺忘及當時她極力逃避的事，一件會威脅她家人生命的真相！她應該繼續往下看嗎？驚恐不安的心情，更讓她迫切想知道到底作者是誰，究竟他想要什麼？
Catherine從未見面Stephen，但他對她卻瞭若指掌，Stephen發現了一個她隱藏20年關於丈夫及兒子的過去，這個她極力隱藏的祕密，他都一清二楚。他會那本書的作者嗎？
Awards/获奖情况："DISCLAIMER stealthily steals your attention and by the end holds you prisoner - a searing story that resonates long after the final page. The best thriller I’ve read this year" (ROSAMUND LUPTON, bestselling author of Sister)
"A terrific novel with a brilliantly creepy central premise. One of the best debut thrillers I have ever read" (PAULA DALY)
"Sensationally good psychological suspense … exactly what a great thriller should be" (LEE CHILD)
"Fabulously gripping, I just could not put it down." (MARIAN KEYES)
the best news is that pre-orders of the pbk version from the bookstores/sellers are at 78,000 – which is HUGE!
Great news—DISCLAIMER has been nominated for The Strand Critics’ Award in the First Novel category! They announced today:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/may/24/fiction-justice-colin-dexter-jeffrey-deaver-inspector-morse-lincoln-rhyme
Renee Knight’s DISCLAIMER has been nominated for the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year Award 2016. The prize is determined by the public and voting is now open, so it would be great if you could take a minute to click on the link below and cast your vote for her. Fingers crossed for the win!
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2826507/2015-Crime-Novel-of-the-Year-Award-Shortlist-Vote-copy
About the Author/作者介绍： Renee Knight，曾在英國BBC製作藝術紀錄片，也為BBC寫過劇本。隨後她再回到校園，修小說創作的課程，並開始此書DISCLAIMER的構想，最近才剛完成。獲得經紀人肯定後，並將此書推薦給英國各大出版社，隨即引起出版社競價購買版權，最後英國版權以六位數賣給Transworld Publishers，而其他國家也相繼搶購版權，目前已售出 14國版權。
Renee Knight worked for the BBC directing arts documentaries before turning to writing. She has had TV and film scripts commissioned by the BBC, Channel Four and Capital Films. Her first screenplay, ‘Mother’s Day’, made it onto the Brit List of best unproduced scripts of that year. In April 2013 she graduated from the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’ course, where she began her novel ‘Disclaimer’, which she has just completed. She lives in London with her husband and two children.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Icelandic rights to Forlagid. The 27th translation deal for this thrilling debut that went straight into the top 10 bestseller chart on publication. (Katie)
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