Close Your Eyes and Count to 10
The Game Begins!
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO 10 is on sale today! I’m at the airport getting ready to head out on tour after an amazing pre-launch event at Tombolo Books last night. Can’t wait to see you all at one of the wonderful bookstores listed below.
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Praise
“Lisa Unger returns with another white-knuckle survival thriller... Twists arrive relentlessly, keeping readers on edge and guessing until the final, breath-stealing twist. Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 proves that sometimes the real threat is hiding in plain sight.”
—The Seattle Times
“Hide-and-seek is a classic kids’ game, but in Lisa Unger’s heart-pounding new thriller, Close Your Eyes and Count to 10, it’s far from child’s play... Her carefully crafted psychological thrillers are reliable bestsellers, thanks to her skill at creating engaging, complex characters and her mastery of the killer plot twist. This book does all that and, like many of her recent books, makes effective use of our dependence on our devices. The question is whether they save our lives or become the death of us.”
—Tampa Bay Times, Colette Bancroft
“As entertainment blurs with reality, this tense thriller asks how far someone might go to protect the ones they love.”
—The Washington Post
“Weaving together multiple points of view from her believable characters, Unger plunges the reader right into a sense of dread, then skillfully ratchets up the physical terrors of the challenge while revealing one disturbing secret after another. The perils of the real and virtual worlds collide effectively in this relentlessly paced thriller.”
—Kirkus Starred Review
“Unger's latest is a fast-paced, atmospheric, locked-room thriller...Readers of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware will surely enjoy this nail-biter.”
—Booklist
“The queen of thrillers you can also discuss with your book club is back with this high-stakes suspense novel about a game of hide-and-seek that turns murderous.”
—BookPage
"Lisa Unger just gets better and better! In Close Your Eyes and Count to 10, we see her masterful hand at work as she weaves a compulsively readable story packed full of tension from the very first page. As an extreme game of hide and seek quickly turned from stunt to survival, I held my breath as the plot twisted and turned to its dramatic conclusion. Pacy and gripping, I couldn’t read fast enough. Take it on holiday and savor every deliciously dark page.”
—Sarah Pearse, New York Times bestselling author of The Wilds
“Twisty, riveting, and emotionally intense. You will NOT close your eyes once you start reading this book.”
—Kathy Reichs, New York Times bestselling author of Fire and Bones
On The Road
February 25 at 7:30pm ET
Books over Drinks with Lisa Unger | M. Judson | Greenville, SC
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February 26 at 7pm ET
Cuyahoga County Public Library | Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry | Cleveland, OH
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February 27 at 7pm ET
Authors! With Lisa Unger | Toledo Lucas County Public Library | Toledo, OH
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February 28 at 6:30pm CT
In conversation with Abby Endler | Murder By The Book | Houston, TX
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March 2 at 3:30pm ET
In conversation with Roxanne Wilder | Oxford Exchange | Tampa, FL
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March 4 at 7pm PT
In conversation with Olivia Fierro | Poisoned Pen | Scottsdale, AZ
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March 5 at 6pm PT
In conversation with Luisa Smith | Book Passage | Corta Madera, CA
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March 6 at 6pm PT
In conversation with Gregg Hurwitz | Zibby's Bookshop | Santa Monica, CA
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March 12 at 7pm ET
In conversation with Tim Eherenberg | Virtual Event with Tewksbury Public Library | Tewksbury, MA
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March 25
Mid-Continent Public Library | Rainy Day Books | Kansas City, MO
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April 23
Ocean House Author Series | Watch Hill, RI
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April 26
Montclair Literary Festival | Montclair, NJ
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May 14-17
Sleuthfest | St. Petersburg, FL
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June 17-22
Thrillerfest | New York, NY
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September 3-7
Bouchercon | New Orleans, LA
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Thank you for all of your love and support! I hope you enjoy reading CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO 10 as much as I enjoyed writing it!
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Lisa Unger's latest novel, "Close Your Eyes and Count to 10," is an absolute masterpiece of suspense and intrigue. From the very first page, Unger captivates with her signature blend of deep psychological insight and twisty, turny plot lines. Unger's protagonist is brilliantly crafted, complex, and utterly relatable. The pacing is perfect, with just the right amount of tension to keep you flipping pages late into the night. Every twist in the plot feels both surprising and inevitable, a sign of a truly skilled writer at the top of her game. If you're a fan of psychological thrillers, this is a must-read.
Killer book as always. Thank you.