Name: Keep You Close
SKU: 52803470
Price: 583.00 TWD
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Author: Karen Cleveland

Type

Physical Book

Author

Karen Cleveland

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1x13x2.3 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9781524797072

Synopsis "Keep You Close"

A woman must confront her sense of right and wrong when the one person she loves most is accused of an unimaginable crime. From the New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know. . . . A strange sensation runs through me, a feeling that I don't know this person in front of me, even though he matters more to me than anyone ever has. Stephanie Maddox works her dream job policing power and exposing corruption within the FBI. Getting here has taken her nearly two decades of hard work, laser focus, and personal sacrifices--the most important, she fears, being a close relationship with her teenage son, Zachary. A single parent, Steph's missed a lot of school events, birthdays, and vacations with her boy--but the truth is, she would move heaven and earth for him, including protecting him from an explosive secret in her past. It just never occurred to her that Zachary would keep secrets of his own. One day while straightening her son's room, Steph is shaken to discover a gun hidden in his closet. A loaded gun. Then comes a knock at her front door--a colleague on the domestic terrorism squad, who utters three devastating words: "It's about Zachary." So begins a compulsively readable thriller of deception and betrayal, as Stephanie fights to clear her son's name, only to expose a shadowy conspiracy that threatens to destroy them both--and bring a country to its knees. Packed with shocking twists and intense family drama, Keep You Close is an electrifying exploration of the shattering consequences of the love that binds--and sometimes blinds--a mother and her child.

Karen Cleveland

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Karen Cleveland is an American writer specialized in espionage thrillers and psychological suspense. Before fully dedicating herself to fiction, she worked as an analyst at the CIA, an experience that clearly influences the atmosphere and themes of her novels. She debuted in 2018 with Need to Know (2018), a work that became an international bestseller. She subsequently published Keep You Close (2019), You Can Run (2021), and The New Neighbor (2022), all solely authored by her. Her works focus on female protagonists faced with moral dilemmas within contexts of surveillance, betrayal, and state secrets.

Cleveland's books fall within the thriller genre with a strong emotional charge and elements of domestic espionage. Her plots are distinguished by a brisk pace, a focus on personal relationships, and a realistic backdrop provided by her professional experience. To date, she has not been recognized with significant literary awards, but has achieved notable international projection, with translations into several languages and audiovisual adaptation projects.

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