The anonymous heroine, N, is a young woman who has broken free of a constricting marriage and is struggling to raise four children alone in a housing project. Coming home one day N finds her door hacked with an ax and smeared with what appears to be a mixture of blood and crankcase oil. A few days later a strangled cat is left outside her apartment door. Everyday, she is plagued by mysterious, disturbing phone calls. Playing detective and attempting to figure out who her enemy may be, N's real fears merge with paranoid fantasy in this fascinating story which rivals the best of Henry James's dark, psychological gothic tales. Johnson's most recent novel, " Le Divorce," was a phenomenal success. Long out-of-print, this classic Diane Johnson novel is now available for all the readers of" Le Divorce" left hungry for more. "The Shadow Knows" received outstanding reviews.
- ISBN10 0586051791
- ISBN13 9780586051795
- Publish Date 18 December 1980 (first published 29 May 1975)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint HarperCollins Distribution Services
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English