Fiction by Laura Lippman
Gerry Anderson is a writer whose most popular book was called Dream Girl, a novel that distinguished itself because Aubrey, the eponymous "dream girl," rose beyond her status as the protagonist's love interest and seemed a believable character in her own right.
Now Gerry has moved back home to Baltimore and is suffering from a bad case of writer's block, where he has a bad fall and ends up confined to a hospital bed in his expensive apartment. Then the mysterious phone calls begin; a woman claiming to be the "real" Aubrey is claiming Gerry owes her something for her contribution to his work. But Gerry knows that Aubrey is entirely fictional. Isn't she?
This was an interesting book, suspenseful, but more of the slow creepy type than what one expects from a thriller. The ending was a surprise.
I also read recently by this author: No Good Deeds
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