num_pages: 352
description: After saving Alice's mother from drowning, a mysterious man named Simon is quickly ensconced in the family as the husband of the rescued woman, but Alice becomes suspicious of his motives, in a suspenseful coming-of-age novel by the author of The House of Gentle Men. Reprint.
language: English
title: The Absence of Nectar
titlecomplete: The Absence of Nectar
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Abuse, Thriller, Contemporary, Mystery Thriller, Mental Illness, Adult, Novels
ratings_count: 842
places: Texas
publisher: Jove