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    The Girl In The Mirror
    The Girl In The Mirror
    The Girl In The Mirror
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    The Girl In The Mirror

    By Joyce Johnson

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    Carla Stevens, a young woman who has recently moved to San Francisco, lives in an apartment building with an old-fashioned elevator. One night when she returns home from work, a young passenger asks Carla if she would allow her to send the elevator to her floor first as her boyfriend would become angry if she were late. Mildly irritated, Carla quickly forgets the incident until, Joey, a detective, calls on her because of the apparent suicide of a middle-aged woman in her building. The two begin dating and at a restaurant near her apartment building, Carla spots the young woman she saw in the elevator, but the woman flees before Joey can talk with her. Other officers are investigating a different death near the same building. Joey discovers the two incidents may be related and Carla finds herself inadvertently part of both.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWings ePress, Inc.
    Release dateAug 4, 2023
    ISBN9781613094587
    The Girl In The Mirror
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    Joyce Johnson

    Joyce Johnson's eight books include the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award winner Minor Characters, the recent memoir Missing Men, the novel In the Night Cafe, and Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters 1957-1958 (with Jack Kerouac). She has written for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and lives in New York City.

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