NINE STORIES PB – J. D. SALINGER

No witnesses. Twelve-year-old Josy has an inexplicable illness. She vanishes without a trace from her doctor s office during treatment. Four years later, Josy s father, psychiatrist Viktor Larenz, has withdrawn himself to an isolated North Sea island in order to deal with the tragedy. No body. Then he s paid a surprise visit by a beautiful stranger. Anna Glass is a novelist who suffers from an unusual form of schizophrenia: all the characters she creates for her books become real to her. In her last novel she has written about a young girl with an unknown illness who has disappeared without a trace. Where is his daughter? Can Anna s delusions describe Josy s last days? Reluctantly, Viktor agrees to take on her therapy in a final attempt to uncover the truth behind his daughter s disappearance. But very soon these sessions take a dramatic turn as the past is dragged back into the light – with terrifying consequences.