A paranoid widow fears her late husband isn’t gone at all in a gripping psychological thriller by theNew York Timesbestselling author of Anthony Award-nominatedThese Toxic Things.

After eleven years, Nicole Baxter and her husband Truman’s marriage is beginning to fracture. Suddenly, during a scuba diving accident near Catalina Island, Truman is gone. No body. No signs of foul play. Presumed dead.

Clinging to the hope that Truman might still be alive, Nicole is devastated, in denial, and struggling with insomnia, as well as guilt over the secrets she kept from the man she loved–a pregnancy, a miscarriage, and an incautious fling with an attentive neighbor. Then come the strange occurrences putting Nicole further on edge. The scent of Truman’s cologne. The wet footprints in the house. The cryptic texts from his phone. And the message written on her bathroom mirror:I’ll luv u 4ever.

Nicole has never felt so alone, isolated, and paranoid. If she’s losing her mind, then why does it seem so real? If it’s real, how is that possible? As Nicole’s grip on reality slips away, the answers are becoming a matter of life and death.

Revised edition: This edition ofThe View from Hereincludes editorial revisions.

Rachel Howzell Hall is theNew York Timesbestselling author ofWhat Fire Brings,Fog and Fury,The Cruel Dawn,The Last One,What Never Happened,We Lie Here,These Toxic Things,And Now She’s Gone,They All Fall Down, and, with James Patterson,The Good Sister, which was included in Patterson’s collectionThe Family Lawyer. A two-timeLos Angeles TimesBook Prize finalist as well as an Anthony, International Thriller Writers, and Lefty Award nominee, Rachel is also the author ofLand of Shadows,Skies of Ash,Trail of Echoes, andCity of Saviorsin the Detective Elouise Norton series. A past member of the board of directors for Mystery Writers of America, she has been a featured writer on NPR’s acclaimedCrime in the Cityseries and the National Endowment for the Arts weekly podcast. Rachel lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. For more information, visit www.rachelhowzell.com.

• Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
• Publish Date: June 23, 2026
• Pages: 287
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9781662538971
• Dimensions: 8.4 X 5.5 X 0.9 inches | 0.65 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Mystery