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Folly (2001)

por Laurie R. King

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML: "Acclaimed mystery writer King has crafted a labyrinthian tale that is as haunting as it is touching." . HTML: An acclaimed master of suspense creates a heroine you will never forget in this superbly chilling novel of a woman who begins a desperate undertaking that may transform her life -- or end it. What happens if your worst fears aren't all in your mind? Rae Newborn is a woman on the edge: on the edge of sanity, on the edge of tragedy, and now on the edge of the world. She has moved to an island at the far reaches of the continent to restore the house of an equally haunted figure, her mysterious great-uncle; but as her life begins to rebuild itself along with the house, his story starts to wrap around hers. Powerful forces are stirring, but Rae cannot see where her reality leaves off and his fate begins. Fifty-two years old, Rae must battle the feelings that have long tormented her -- panic, melancholy, and a skin-crawling sense of watchers behind the trees. Before she came here, she believed that most of the things she feared existed only in her mind. And who can say, as disturbing incidents multiply, if any of the watchers on Folly Island might be real? Is Rae paranoid, as her family and the police believe, or is the threat real? Is the island alive with promise -- or with dangers? With Folly, award-winning author Laurie R. King once again powerfully redefines psychological suspense on a sophisticated and harrowing new level, and proves why legions of readers and reviewers have named her a master of the genre. From the Hardcover edition. .… (mais)

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stephanie_M | Apr 30, 2020 |

My copy has no covers, so I had no idea what to expect. Took this as a holiday read in case I have to leave the book behind. Turned out to be an interesting read starting as a story of a mentally unstable woman who begins a building process that is not only about building a house, but also her mind and personality. Detours to family history, and towards the end the story turns into a full-on thriller. Very suprising and suspenseful, will look into the author. (

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Iira | Jan 13, 2019 |

I like Laurie R. King and her books, particularly the Mary Russell series. That said, [Folly] is my favorite by far and I read it, or listen to the audiobook, every couple of years. King paints a vivid, utterly believable story. I love the whole idea that the main character, Rae Newborn, has been to hell through grief and mental illness. She feels battered and tumbled and finally decides to make a stand. She sets off to rebuild a house on an island in the San Juan Straits. The novel is a story of reclamation on many levels. With King at the helm, the story takes interesting and suspenseful turns, and finally delivers a satisfying resolution to the plot line. (

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pmackey | Jun 5, 2013 |

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jenny.whitman | Apr 8, 2012 |

This should have been a boring book.

It is about one woman's fight to resume a normal life after several bouts of suicidal depression. Rae decides to rebuild the house which her great-uncle Desmond built on a small island off the north west coast of America.

The house had burnt down and Desmond had disappeared; now the island belonged to Rae.

Most of the book catalogues the slow clearing of the site and the rebuilding of the house, guided by a photograph taken 70 years before. But it also describes her relationship with others who come to the island; the sheriff and the wild-life warden, the prickly relationship with her daughter and her passionate desire to keep contact with her beloved grand-daughter, Petra.

Were the sounds which she heard and the feeling of being watched hallucinations or was someone really a danger to her? This is the story of a woman's determination to prove to herself and others that she is sane and able to fight her demons without the use of drugs; that she is not insane ...

It is not a boring book after all. King is able to balance the rather mundane description of the gradual growth of the house with the tension Rae feels as she comes to terms with the reality of what she finds on the island, not least her sanity. (

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:

"Acclaimed mystery writer King has crafted a labyrinthian tale that is as haunting as it is touching."

. HTML:

An acclaimed master of suspense creates a heroine you will never forget in this superbly chilling novel of a woman who begins a desperate undertaking that may transform her life -- or end it.

What happens if your worst fears aren't all in your mind?

Rae Newborn is a woman on the edge: on the edge of sanity, on the edge of tragedy, and now on the edge of the world. She has moved to an island at the far reaches of the continent to restore the house of an equally haunted figure, her mysterious great-uncle; but as her life begins to rebuild itself along with the house, his story starts to wrap around hers. Powerful forces are stirring, but Rae cannot see where her reality leaves off and his fate begins.

Fifty-two years old, Rae must battle the feelings that have long tormented her -- panic, melancholy, and a skin-crawling sense of watchers behind the trees. Before she came here, she believed that most of the things she feared existed only in her mind. And who can say, as disturbing incidents multiply, if any of the watchers on Folly Island might be real? Is Rae paranoid, as her family and the police believe, or is the threat real? Is the island alive with promise -- or with dangers?

With Folly, award-winning author Laurie R. King once again powerfully redefines psychological suspense on a sophisticated and harrowing new level, and proves why legions of readers and reviewers have named her a master of the genre.

From the Hardcover edition.

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