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    "annotation": "<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<P><br />\nPaul Davis forgets things. Why he walked into a room. Who he spoke to, and what they said. What he promised his wife he'd do. Sometimes it's too much, and the panic takes hold.<BR><BR>But he wasn't always like this.<BR><BR>Eight months ago, Paul was attacked - left for dead after seeing something he shouldn't have - and has been piecing his life back together ever since.<BR><BR>During the days, therapy helps. But at night, he hears noises that no one else can. That nobody believes. Sometimes he thinks someone is in the house. Other times, the sounds are far stranger.<BR><BR>Either he's losing his mind - or someone wants him to think he is. Or maybe something even darker is waiting downstairs...</P><br />",
    "description": "<p><span>College professor Paul Davis is a normal guy with a normal life. Until, driving along a deserted road late one night, he surprises a murderer disposing of a couple of bodies. That's when Paul's ''normal'' existence is turned upside down. After nearly losing his own life in that encounter, he finds himself battling PTSD, depression, and severe problems at work. His wife, Charlotte, desperate to cheer him up, brings home a vintage typewriter&mdash;complete with ink ribbons and heavy round keys&mdash;to encourage him to get started on that novel he's always intended to write.</span><br /><br /><span>However, the typewriter itself is a problem. Paul swears it's possessed and types by itself at night. But only Paul can hear the noise coming from downstairs; Charlotte doesn't hear a thing. And she worries he's going off the rails.</span><br /><br /><span>Paul believes the typewriter is somehow connected to the murderer he discovered nearly a year ago. The killer had made his victims type apologies to him before ending their lives. Has another sick twist of fate entwined his life with the killer&mdash;could this be the same machine? Increasingly tormented but determined to discover the truth and confront his nightmare, Paul begins investigating the deaths himself.</span><br /><br /><span>But that may not be the best thing to do. Maybe Paul should just take the typewriter back to where his wife found it. Maybe he should stop asking questions and simply walk away while he can. . . .</span></p>",
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