The Animal Hour: Andrew Klavan

Nancy Kincaid was sure of one thing as she stepped onto the crowded New York subway - it was going to be a lousy day. Commuters were packed tightly in the aislses, jostling against her as she made her way to her dreary job. But when she reached the office...an unfamiliar woman tells her to leave: This is Nancy Kincaid’s office, but you are not Nancy Kincaid... Her memory grows fuzzy and her reason seems to slip away. None of her workmates recognise her. Ejected from her office, she is harassed by a homeless man, who insists that there is someone she has to kill, at 8 o'clock...the animal hour...and then she finds the pistol in her purse...Cover art by George Smith.