Nelly's Version

Eva Figes' inventive reshaping of the psychological thriller, Nelly's Version--part dark comedy, part mystery novel--offers an unsettling journey into the mind of a witty woman stuck in a pastless present.

A middle-aged woman suffering from amnesia checks into a small-town hotel under the pseudonym Nelly Dean with a suitcase full of cash and no idea where it, or she, came from. Distrustful of everyone from the waiter who serves her lunch to the store clerk who claims to know her from grade s...