First published 1993
Nancy Kincaid wakes up on Halloween morning feeling unwell and exhausted. When she reaches her Manhattan law office, a secretary stops her at the door. The woman insists Nancy doesn't belong there, claiming this office belongs to someone else named Nancy Kincaid. Nancy's colleagues stare at her with blank confusion. No one knows who she is. Her boss orders her to leave or he'll call security. Nancy finds herself cast out onto New York's streets, her entire identity erased overnight. She has lost her job, her recognition, her place in the world. Only one thing remains: a strange voice in her head. It warns her that someone will die tonight. She must discover the victim's identity before eight o'clock, before the Animal Hour arrives. Nancy races against time through an indifferent city, searching for answers about both the threatened murder and her own vanished existence.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Manhattan, New York
Period: Halloween
309 pages · Hardcover · Pocket Books