by Lisa Jackson (Get the Book)Just because you're paranoid, as the saying goes, it doesn't mean they're not out to get you. In Ava Church Garrison's case, they could be everyone she's related to and just about everyone she's ever met, most of whom seem to live with her in the sprawling, Addams Family-style mansion she inherited. In the two years since Ava's son, Noah, disappeared, she's been plagued with hallucinations, seeing him outside and hearing his cries coming from his shuttered nursery. Recently released from a mental hospital and fed a daily dose of psychotropic drugs, Ava still manages to cling to the belief that Noah is alive, but quickly comes to realize that what she sees and hears ain't necessarily so. With a philandering husband eager to send her back to the psych ward and a vindictive, wheelchair-bound cousin who blames her for her injuries, Ava doesn't lack for enemies. Best-selling and prolific Jackson deftly throws in an escaped serial killer and the recent murders of Ava's psychiatrist and hypnotist to ensure that her creepily gothic thriller teems with sinister possibilities. --Booklist
