Claustrophobia

Claustrophobia is the taut, compelling story of a young Perth wife who sets about toprotect her husband by stalking his ex-lover, but unexpectedly falls into apassionate affair and a world of lies. In a novel that possesses the dark wit,psychological insight and narrative momentum of a Patricia Highsmith, TracyRyan captures the disturbing elements that sometimes lurk beneath the surfaceof a marriage. The realities of obsessive attachment and social isolation areexplored through a deft and thought-provoking look at a complex personality and a plot that twists its page-turning way into our psyche.