About the book
Fifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband, Edward Sheffield, an unpublished writer. Now, she's enduring middle class suburbia as a doctor's wife, when out of the blue she receives a package containing the manuscript of her ex-husband's first novel. He writes asking her to read the book; she was always his best critic, he says.
As Susan reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a math professor driving his family to their summer house in Maine. And as we read with her, we too become lost in Sheffield's thriller. As the Hastings' ordinary, civilized lives are disastrously, violently sent off course, Susan is plunged back into the past, forced to confront the darkness that inhabits her, and driven to name the fear that gnaws at her future and will change her life.
Tony and Susan is a dazzling, eerie, riveting novel about fear and regret, blood and revenge, marriage and creativity. It is simply one of a kind. \"A superb and thrilling novel...extrodinary.\" -- Ian McEwan
\"Compelling...mesmerizing...absolutely irresistible.\"--New York Times
\"A perfect and literary puzzle, an irresistible tale anout marriage and murder, both thriling and moving.\" -- Scott Turow
\"A page-turner of a literary thriller.\" -- Sara Waters
\"Beautifully written, perfectly paced, impressively clever, and ultimately shocking in a way you never see coming.\" -- Nelson DeMille
\"Absolutely terrifying, beautiful, and appalling. Parts of it shocked me, and I am not easily shocked.\" -- Ruth Rendell
Editions of Tony and Susan
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780446582902
- EBook
- ISBN 9781455595242
Read an Excerpt
Fifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband, Edward Sheffield, an unpublished writer. Now, she's enduring middle class suburbia as a doctor's wife, when out of the blue she receives a package containing the manuscript of her ex-husband's first novel. He writes asking her to read the book; she was always his best critic, he says.
As Susan reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a math professor driving his family to their summer house in Maine. And as we read with her, we too become lost in Sheffield's thriller. As the Hastings' ordinary, civilized lives are disastrously, violently sent off course, Susan is plunged back into the past, forced to confront the darkness that inhabits her, and driven to name the fear that gnaws at her future and will change her life.
Tony and Susan is a dazzling, eerie, riveting novel about fear and regret, blood and revenge, marriage and creativity. It is simply one of a kind. \"A superb and thrilling novel...extrodinary.\" -- Ian McEwan
\"Compelling...mesmerizing...absolutely irresistible.\"--New York Times
\"A perfect and literary puzzle, an irresistible tale anout marriage and murder, both thriling and moving.\" -- Scott Turow
\"A page-turner of a literary thriller.\" -- Sara Waters
\"Beautifully written, perfectly paced, impressively clever, and ultimately shocking in a way you never see coming.\" -- Nelson DeMille
\"Absolutely terrifying, beautiful, and appalling. Parts of it shocked me, and I am not easily shocked.\" -- Ruth Rendell
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Tony and Susan about?
Fifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband, Edward Sheffield, an unpublished writer. Now, she's enduring middle class suburbia as a doctor's wife, when out of the blue she receives a package containing the manuscript of her ex-husband's first novel. He writes asking her to read the book; she was always his best critic, he says.
As Susan reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a math professor driving his family to their summer house in Maine. And as we read with her, we too become lost in Sheffield's thriller. As the Hastings' ordinary, civilized lives are disastrously, violently sent off course, Susan is plunged back into the past, forced to confront the darkness that inhabits her, and driven to name the fear that gnaws at her future and will change her life.
Tony and Susan is a dazzling, eerie, riveting novel about fear and regret, blood and revenge, marriage and creativity. It is simply one of a kind. \"A superb and thrilling novel...extrodinary.\" -- Ian McEwan
\"Compelling...mesmerizing...absolutely irresistible.\"--New York Times
\"A perfect and literary puzzle, an irresistible tale anout marriage and murder, both thriling and moving.\" -- Scott Turow
\"A page-turner of a literary thriller.\" -- Sara Waters
\"Beautifully written, perfectly paced, impressively clever, and ultimately shocking in a way you never see coming.\" -- Nelson DeMille
\"Absolutely terrifying, beautiful, and appalling. Parts of it shocked me, and I am not easily shocked.\" -- Ruth Rendell
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Tony and Susan?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of Tony and Susan?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780446582902
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Tony and Susan?
Austin Wright
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Tony and Susan is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780446582902) and ebook(ISBN 9781455595242)
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