The Protégé

A young drifter charms his way into the confidence of an older woman in this twisting novel by "a pioneer in domestic suspense" (Lisa Unger).

Seventy-four-year-old widow Mrs. Moffat lives in a quiet and idyllic California town, accustomed to routine and solitude in her country home. But everything changes when she runs into a charismatic young transient in church one Sunday morning. He claims to be Simon Warren, the son of a former neighbor and the best friend of Mrs. Moffat's own grandson,...