Behind The Door
by A. Gavazzoni
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GENRE: Psychological and erotic thriller
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When
Lara dies at the hands of a Manhattan lawyer during a sex game, his defense
attorney, Carl, hires Simone, a psychiatrist, professor and author of books on
sexual behavior to help him buttress his argument that Lara’s death was
accidental. To help his defense, Carl’s client has written a detailed account
of his steamy, year-long relationship with Lara. Carl gives the text to Simone
for analysis. While evaluating the presumed killer’s writing, Simone continues
to receive psychiatric patients with sexual disorders and unusual fantasies,
and to research strange sexual behavior for her next book. Meanwhile, Simone’s
clinical partner, friend and research colleague, Edward, is working with the
police to capture a serial killer who is torturing and killing women. From hot
and unusual sex and interesting psychiatric patients, to the swing houses of
New York and Paris, this fast-paced page-turner is a blend of mystery,
suspense, humor, romance and erotica.
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Excerpt:
“Yes indeed, my friend. I’ve seen a lot in my short life.
I’ve bent over backward to please. I’ve been a puppet. That wasn’t for me, so
one day I decided to stop.”
More than a hint of pain showed in her eyes…unsettling to
find in such a young and beautiful woman. Who could have hurt her so much that
she’d come to behave as she did?
“I know how it is,” I said. “It’s like apnea. What’s
pleasurable at the start of relationships doesn’t last because it’s not real.
You’ve decided to be real, once and for all.”
“Apnea?”
I’d finally said something that had surprised her.
“Yes. I like to go diving. Sometimes I dive without air
tanks. I hold my breath. It’s called apnea and you can do it for only so long.
At the beginning of relationships, people hold their breath. When they can’t do
it anymore, they go back to being who they are and relationships end.”
“I adore that description.”
Inspiration to write Behind the
Door
First of all, in my opinion the
idea for a book comes first from the heart and then the mind fine tunes
everything.
During my career, my legal career
as I´ve been a lawyer for twenty seven years, I’ve worked with all kinds of
people, all them so different, and I’ve met good people and bad, people who
inspired me, people who provoked intense emotions within me—from love to hatred
and from joy to sorrow. I suppose I’ve taken a little bit of all those people
and combined them to form my characters.
Also, I love to observe people.
There is no one person like another. They are all unique. They are all
inspiring.
I also love to listen to
people…when you really pay attention and listen carefully, you can find the
hidden meanings and emotions behind the words. There are times when I’ve heard
a conversation or even a single phrase and the underlying meaning provoked a
whole scene in my mind. A simple phrase can contain all the elements of an
entire story.
Behind the Door is also about not
judging. I dealt with judgments during my whole life…and I hate them; they are
usually so biased, based on “the book’s cover”. I wanted to show that how
people behave is often based on their history, their personal traumas and
dramas… and everybody has a good side and
a bad side—that’s life.
My characters in Behind the Door
are a combined mix of traits I found in other people and were created to tell a
story inspired by my very fertile imagination and the emotions life brings to
me.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Gavazzoni is a Brazilian author. She just won The Golden
Book Award 2017- Readers Choice for her first novel Behind The Door and also an
honorable mention at Paris Book Festval 2017
Adriana is a lawyer, a former
professor of law and a writer of novels and legal books, but she is also a
voracious reader.
She speaks four languages: English, French, Portuguese and
Spanish. When she is not practicing law or writing, she enjoys many interests
and is a very active person. She loves to dance (Tango) and workout.
She loves
to travel, loves good wine, and has been studying astrology for fifteen years.
She paints and loves to cook.
She has two poodles -Gaia and Juno -and loves
all animals. She is an aunt of four nieces who enjoy to paint and cook
alongside their aunt. She lives in Brazil and is in the process of writing her
next novel.
LINKS SITE
BLOG
http://www.agavazzoni.com/blog
TWITTER
https://twitter.com/a_gavazzoni
INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/adri_gavazzoni/
FACEBOOK
E-MAIL
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