{"product_id":"the-hours-before-dawn-9780486816203","title":"The Hours Before Dawn","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdgar Award Winner for Best Novel  One of CrimeReads 10 Best Reissued Mysteries of 2018  In this Edgar Awardwinning thriller  a young housewife with two lively daughters and an endlessly crying baby battles domestic chaos as well as growing suspicions of the households new lodger. Are Louises fears the product of sleep deprivation  as her unsympathetic husband suggests  or is there really something sinister about the respectable-seeming schoolmistress? During the hours before dawn  Louise suspects  people with a precarious grip on sanity are likeliest to slip over the edge into madness  especially if theres someone ready to give them a push. Without spilling a drop of blood  this psychological thriller transforms everyday events and settings into the extraordinary  evoking an atmosphere of sheer terror. Crime novelist Andrew Taylor hailed author Celia Fremlin as \"Britains equivalent to Patricia Highsmith  her novels are domestic  subtle  penetrating  and quite horribly chilling.\"  \"Fremlin is a major mistress of insight and suspense.\"  The New York Times \"Highly intelligent entertainment  beautifully written with wit and humor.\"  Frances Fyfield  \"It grips like grim death.\"  The Spectator  \"A classic  lost in plain sight. The Hours Before Dawn is a book that should have a permanent spot within the spate of modern domestic suspense and psychological thriller titles that it inspired.\"  Criminal Element\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652460994613,"sku":"ByrdShop_0486816206","price":40.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780486816203.jpg?v=1781851605","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-hours-before-dawn-9780486816203","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}