Cathryn Grant
Novel Excerpt: The Former Occupant
NOW: Charlotte When Sara’s house sold, I felt as if I’d finally buried my best friend. At the same time, I felt as if I were helping her...
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Cathryn Grant
May 155 min read
Novel Excerpt: The Woman In the Castle
Napa Valley, California Tess was waiting for Damien and me. She stood on the front patio of her palatial Mediterranean home wearing a...
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Cathryn Grant
Dec 21, 20231 min read
Novel excerpt: The Artist
Prologue I stabbed her with a palette knife. Repeatedly. Until she was dead. I know I’m not a killer at heart. But sometimes you do what...
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Cathryn Grant
Nov 11, 20233 min read
Novel excerpt: Don't Trust Her
2003 It proved her arrogance that she felt safe sitting beside a stream she couldn’t hear, reading a novel. Earphones blocked every...
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Cathryn Grant
Sep 15, 20234 min read
Novel excerpt: The Woman In the Hotel
I wasn’t in the habit of talking to anyone about anything going on inside my head. But Damien wasn’t anyone. Talking to him was different...
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Cathryn Grant
Feb 2, 20232 min read
Novel Excerpt: The Woman In the Shadows
With Stephanie gone from my life, I had expected a rush of freedom. Instead, I was now sharing an apartment with her daughter, which was...
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Cathryn Grant
Jan 21, 20234 min read
Novel Excerpt: The Secret She Kept
Prologue: Nadia Rich people love their private parks with huge trees and smooth paths where they can go for long morning runs. Just the...
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Cathryn Grant
Sep 30, 20221 min read
Novel Excerpt: The Favorite Child
Prologue Flames ripped across the night sky. They seemed driven to consume the surrounding atmosphere as completely as the pale green...
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Cathryn Grant
Jun 19, 20224 min read
Novel Excerpt: Best Friends Forever
Prologue November 12, 2010 The room was utterly dark. She liked it that way, for now. Even though her brain felt as if it were sloshing...
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Cathryn Grant
Dec 31, 20215 min read
Novel Excerpt: Always Remember
Prologue Frank leaned his head against the silken oak boards behind him, allowing the heat of the sauna to settle more deeply into his...
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Cathryn Grant
Jul 16, 20214 min read
Novel Excerpt: The Woman In the Church
New York. I’d known Stephanie was up to something with her new, slick look. She’d spent a lot of money to change how she presented...
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Cathryn Grant
Jun 7, 20212 min read
Novel Excerpt: Only You
PROLOGUE She stood in the growing darkness near the edge of the canyon. It was a sheer drop to the bottom, nearly one thousand feet...
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Cathryn Grant
Feb 11, 20211 min read
Novel Excerpt: The Other Couple
Prologue Coming face-to-face with a corpse for the first time is an experience that’s never forgotten. The lifelessness is something that...
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Cathryn Grant
May 11, 20204 min read
Novel Excerpt: The Woman In the Taxi
Four million dollars. The number floated through my mind, drowning out the pounding notes of Chopin that filled my ears while I ran. The...
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Cathryn Grant
Jan 11, 20201 min read
Novel Excerpt: The Good Mother
She stood and turned the wand to angle the mini blinds for more light. She leaned over the small refrigerator and peeked out through the...
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Cathryn Grant
Nov 10, 20192 min read
Novel Excerpt: The Good Neighbor
Prologue There was so much blood. It wasn’t at all what I’d expected. I thought it would flow smoothly, not emerge with thick clumps,...
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Cathryn Grant
Mar 11, 20192 min read
Novel Excerpt: The Woman In the Storm
New York City Rain pounded the pavement outside my apartment. It coated the living room window in sheets of water that turned the trees...
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