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    "title": "The Last Word",
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    "description": "After posting a negative book review, a woman living in a remote location begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy\u2014or very, very dangerous\u2014in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense and terror from the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and Hairpin Bridge.\n\nEmma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden retriever Laika, house-sitting an old beachfront home on the rainy Washington coast. Her only human contact is her enigmatic old neighbor, Deek, and (via text) the house\u2019s owner, Jules.\n\nOne day, she reads a poorly written\u2014but gruesome\u2014horror novel by the author H. G. Kane, and posts a one-star review that drags her into an online argument with none other than the author himself. Soon after, disturbing incidents start to occur at night. To Emma, this can\u2019t just be a coincidence. It was strange enough for this author to bicker with her online about a lousy review; could he be stalking her, too?\n\nAs Emma digs into Kane\u2019s life and work, she learns he has published sixteen other novels, all similarly sadistic tales of stalking and murder. But who is he? How did he find her? And what else is he capable of?",
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    "page_count": 340,
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    "publication_date_first": "2023-04-25",
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    "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:56:17+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2025-10-28T00:38:19+00:00",
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        "slug": "william-morrow-company",
        "name": "William Morrow & Company",
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