The Closer I Get

Tom is a successful author, but he's struggling to finish his novel. His main distraction is an online admirer, Evie, who simply won't leave him alone. Evie is smart, well read and unstable; she lives with her father and her socialmedia friendships are not only her escape, but everything she has. When she's hit with a restraining order, her world is turned upside down, and Tom is free to live his life again, to concentrate on writing. But things aren't really adding up. For Tom is distracted but also addicted to his online relationships, and when they take a darker, more menacing turn, he feels powerless to change things. Because maybe he needs Evie more than he's letting on...



A compulsive, disturbingly relevant, twisty and powerful psychological thriller, THE CLOSER I GET is also a searing commentary on the fragility and insincerity of online relationships, and the danger that can lurk just one 'like' away...

“"The kind of book you read in one breathless gulp." --Cass Green, author, In a Cottage in a Wood”

'Loving this ... Paul Burston You're right giving me my reading mojo back!' Alex Marwood, author, The Darkest Secret

'Gripped and Terrified by Paul Burston's new novel, bloody hell!!!' --Rowan Coleman, author, The Accidental Mother
"The kind of book you read in one breathless gulp." --Cass Green, author, In a Cottage in a Wood
"An intense, tightly calibrated thriller." --Huffington Post on The Black Path

Paul Burston is the author of five novels and the editor of two short story collections. He has written for many publications including Guardian, Independent, Time Out, The Times and Sunday Times. He is the founder and host of London's award-winning LGBT+ literary salon Polari and founder and chair of The Polari First Book Prize for new writing.

Tom is a successful author, but he's struggling to finish his novel. His main distraction is an online admirer, Evie, who simply won't leave him alone. Evie is smart, well read and unstable; she lives with her father and her socialmedia friendships are not only her escape, but everything she has. When she's hit with a restraining order, her world is turned upside down, and Tom is free to live his life again, to concentrate on writing. But things aren't really adding up. For Tom is distracted but also addicted to his online relationships, and when they take a darker, more menacing turn, he feels powerless to change things. Because maybe he needs Evie more than he's letting on...A compulsive, disturbingly relevant, twisty and powerful psychological thriller, THE CLOSER I GET is also a searing commentary on the fragility and insincerity of online relationships, and the danger that can lurk just one 'like' away...

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