Growing up as best friends in small-town New Hampshire, Jon and Chloe are the only ones who truly understand each other and their intense connection. But just when Jon is ready to confess the depth of his feelings, he's kidnapped by his substitute teacher, a discredited scientist who is obsessed with H.P. Lovecraft and has a plot to save humanity. After four years in captivity, Jon finally escapes, only to discover that he now has an uncontrollable power that endangers anyone he has intense feelings for. He runs away to Providence to protect Chloe while he searches for answers. Across town from Jon, Detective Charles 'Eggs' DeBenedictus is fascinated by a series of strange deaths; young, healthy people whose hearts just, stop. Convinced these deaths are a series of connected, vigilante killings, he jeopardizes his job and already strained marriage to uncover the truth.
year: 2018, 2019
call number/section: 1000
subjects: interpersonal relations, fiction, kidnapping, homicide, new hampshire, fiction, man-woman relationships, fiction, police, ability, detective and mystery stories, man-woman relationship, supernatural, mystery fiction, romance fiction, paranormal fiction, detective and mystery fiction
Editions
Kepnes, Caroline
Lenny (2018)
Growing up as best friends in small-town New Hampshire, Jon and Chloe are the only ones who truly understand each other and their intense connection. But just when Jon is ready to confess the depth of his feelings, he's kidnapped by his substitute teacher, a discredited scientist who is obsessed with H.P. Lovecraft and has a plot to save humanity. After four years in captivity, Jon finally escapes, only to discover that he now has an uncontrollable power that endangers anyone he has intense feelings for. He runs away to Providence to protect Chloe while he searches for answers. Across town from Jon, Detective Charles 'Eggs' DeBenedictus is fascinated by a series of strange deaths; young, healthy people whose hearts just, stop. Convinced these deaths are a series of connected, vigilante killings, he jeopardizes his job and already strained marriage to uncover the truth.
Schools: 1
Kepnes, Caroline
Random House (2019)
Jon and Chloe share an intense near-mystical bond. But then Jon is kidnapped and returned four years later with no memory of the time he was gone. He wants to pick up where they left, but then he discovers he possesses strange powers that could be dangerous. So he runs away looking for answers. A state away, detective Charles suspects a serial killer at work when people start dropping dead. When he starts asking questions, he gets pulled into a world he could never have imagined.
Schools: 1