However according to Wikipedia TWINS and DEAD RINGERS are the same book. Dead Ringers ( 1977) (with Jack Geasland).Used copies are available from $0.01 plus postage!įantastic Fiction lists Bari Wood as the author or co-author of 8 books over a period of 20 years: The most recent printing of THE KILLING GIFT was apparently a paperback in 1988. There's another, more revealing Amazon review available which makes it sound a tantalising read. Another says " Scary, suspenseful, tragic - I've read this book so many times I've worn out my copy and need a new one! Definitely recommend." One of the Amazon reviews of THE KILLING GIFT says it was a Putnam Award novel (I'm not sure what that means exactly). Twice before Jennifer Gilbert had been near to people who died horribly and inexplicably. For Stavitsky of the homicide squad a highly unusual murder investigation becomes an obsession. His spine was snapped like a drinking straw. The man who broke into the Gilberts' apartment died brutally. The following blurb is courtesy of Fantastic Fiction. Perhaps you remember the author or the book? So what you read here is the result of my research. I apparently read it late in 1977 and it is truly a "forgotten book". This book took my eye as I scanned my records. Another contribution to Pattinase's Friday's Forgotten Books theme.
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