{"id":784,"date":"2025-11-01T18:23:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winterbergbooks.com\/?page_id=784"},"modified":"2026-10-13T18:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:14:38","slug":"thriller","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/winterbergbooks.com\/index.php\/thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"784\" class=\"elementor elementor-784\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cedb71 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"7cedb71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f370ee\" data-id=\"4f370ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15b6be1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15b6be1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ABeeZee; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; color: #ffffff;\">A World of One&#8217;s Own<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ABeeZee; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ABeeZee; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.4px; color: #ffffff;\">Adam was a hero, an Adonis, ageless and virile\u2014 at least in his own mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: ABeeZee; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.4px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Although some people saw him in a similar light, the woman whose opinion mattered most to him did not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: ABeeZee; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.4px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">On paper, he had it all: a good job, a beautiful home, and a wife who adored him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: ABeeZee; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.4px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">It had been a long time since he had moved from the small town in western France to Paris, and he had almost left those times behind. Just when he had nearly let go of his youthful love, chance reawakened his old obsession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: ABeeZee; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.4px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The fact that the woman of his dreams did not return his feelings, either then or later, awakened strange, sick, violent thoughts in his mind. 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