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Twice nominated for an Edgar Award, Thomas H. Cook is the author of thirteen acclaimed novels. Born in Alabama, he lives in New York City.

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‘WHAT DID MY FATHER DO? HE CAME HOME ONE NIGHT AND KILLED MY MOTHER, MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER…’

Over the years, Steve Farris has done his best to forget. But when writer Rebecca Soltero arrives to interview him about his missing father's crime, she reawakens long-suppressed memories of his troubled childhood.

Gradually, they build up a picture of his family life before the murders – until shocking parallels with his current situation begins to emerge, and Steve knows that he must drop everything until he has discovered the shattering truth about his past.

‘Ever wonder what Columbus felt when he spotted land? It must be akin to discovering a writer of Thomas Cook's ability after years of ignorance. 'Mortal Memory' is one of the best thrillers of the year and shows a writer at the very top of his game. Complex, multi-layered, disturbing… simply brilliant’
BALTIMORE SUN

‘Thomas H. Cook, a New York writer who keeps pushing at the limits of the form, does it again in 'Mortal Memory'. In Cook's sensitive language, the past emerges like a landscape gradually disclosed as a morning fog burns away. His insightful portrait of a man caught between present and past is unusually affecting’
LOS ANGELES TIMES

‘The ending to this chilling study in psychological suspense is a dizzying jolt’
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY