"A juicy thriller" (Entertainment Weekly) - **"Absorbing"
(USA Today) - "Dark and thoughtful" (Washington Post) - "Gratifying"
(Wall Street Journal) - "Sun-soaked noir" (LA Review of Books)
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**A spellbinding novel of psychological suspense that follows a young
archivist's obsession with her subject's mysterious death as it
threatens to destroy her fragile grasp on sanity.
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When the famed photographer Miranda Brand died mysteriously at the
height of her career, it sent shock waves through Callinas, California.
Decades later, old wounds are reopened when her son Theo hires the
ex-journalist Kate Aitken to archive his mother's work and personal
effects.
As Kate sorts through the vast maze of material and contends with the
vicious rumors and shocking details of Miranda's private life, she
pieces together a portrait of a vibrant artist buckling under the
pressures of ambition, motherhood, and marriage. But Kate has secrets of
her own, including a growing attraction to the enigmatic Theo, and when
she stumbles across Miranda's diary, her curiosity spirals into a
dangerous obsession.
A seductive, twisting tale of psychological suspense, Take Me Apart
draws readers into the lives of two darkly magnetic young women pinned
down by secrets and lies. Sara Sligar's electrifying debut is a
chilling, thought-provoking take on art, illness, and power, from a
spellbinding new voice in suspense.
