International bestselling author Dean Koontz was only a senior in college when he won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition. He has never stopped writing since. Koontz is the author of fourteen number one The New York Times bestsellers, including “One Door Away from Heaven,” “From the Corner of His Eye,” “Midnight,” “Cold Fire,” “The Bad Place,” “Hideaway,” “Dragon Tears,” and “Intensity.” His books have been published in thirty-eight languages and have sold over five hundred million copies worldwide. In his new book “The Other Emily,” he takes readers on a twisting journey of lost love, impossible second chances, and terrifying promises. It will be released on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (amazon, 2021)

In “The Other Emily,” a decade ago, Emily Carlino vanished after her car broke down on a California highway. She was presumed to be one of serial killer Ronny Lee Jessup’s victims and her remains were never found. Writer David Thorne still has not recovered from losing the love of his life, or from the guilt of not being there to save her. Since then, he has sought closure any way he can. He even visits regularly with Jessup in prison, desperate for answers about Emily’s final hours so he may finally lay her body to rest. Then David meets Maddison Sutton, beguiling, playful, and keenly aware of all David has lost. But what really takes his breath away is that everything about Maddison, down to her kisses, is just like Emily. As the fantastic becomes credible, David’s obsession grows, Maddison’s mysterious past deepens―and terror escalates. Is she Emily? Or an irresistible dead ringer? Either way, the ultimate question is the same: What game is she playing? Whatever the risk in finding out, David’s willing to take it for this precious second chance. It has been ten years since he has felt this inspired, this hopeful, this much in love and he is afraid.