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'''I'll Be Watching You''' (1992) — The fourth book in the Newford series. 
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'''I'll Be Watching You''' (1992) — The fourth book in the [[Chronological List of Newford books|Newford series]] by [[Charles de Lint]].  (first published under the pseudonym [[Samuel M. Key]])
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== Category (Adult or YA) ==
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Adult
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== Description ==
  
== Description ==
 
Rachael Sorenson feared she would never escape her ex-husband's abuse. Then a passing stranger came to her rescue—a stranger who had watched her from afar.
  
Rachael Sorenson feared she would never escape her ex-husband's abuse. Then a passing stranger came to her rescue—a stranger who had watched her from afar.
   
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He was a photographer, and Rachael was his perfect subject. He lived only to make her happy---and eliminate those who didn't.
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He was a photographer, and Rachael was his perfect subject. He lived only to make her happy—and eliminate those who didn't.
   
 
Now he wants more than her beauty. She owes him her life—and he means to collect.
  
Now he wants more than her beauty. She owes him her life—and he means to collect.
   
 
✥ In the early 1990s, Charles de Lint wrote and published three dark fantasy novels under the pen name "Samuel M. Key." Now, beginning with Angel of Darkness and From a Whisper to a Scream and concluding with I'll Be Watching You, Orb presents them for the first time under de Lint's own name. ~ [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186441.I_ll_Be_Watching_You Goodreads | I'll Be Watching You (Newford, #4) by Charles de Lint — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists]
  
✥ In the early 1990s, Charles de Lint wrote and published three dark fantasy novels under the pen name "Samuel M. Key." Now, beginning with Angel of Darkness and From a Whisper to a Scream and concluding with I'll Be Watching You, Orb presents them for the first time under de Lint's own name. ~ [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186441.I_ll_Be_Watching_You Goodreads | I'll Be Watching You (Newford, #4) by Charles de Lint — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists]
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== Themes ==
   
 
==World-Building==
  
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===Setting===
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Newford
   
 
===Supernatural / Mythical Elements===
  
===Supernatural / Mythical Elements===
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==Quotes==
  
==Quotes==
 
[https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/8185168.Charles_de_Lint Charles de Lint Quotes] ~ Goodreads
  
[https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/8185168.Charles_de_Lint Charles de Lint Quotes] ~ Goodreads
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==Awards==
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==Trivia==
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[https://www.goodreads.com/list/book/186441 Lists That Contain I'll Be Watching You (Newford, #4) by Charles de Lint] ~ GR
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==Notes==
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Originally, Tor had planned to release all three of the horror novels I wrote under the name "Samuel M. Key" in one omnibus, but now they're publishing them in separate editions instead. Still to come from Orb Books (probably in 2003) is I'll Be Watching You, a straight thriller also set in Newford. ~ [http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/watching-desc01.htm Charles de Lint: I'll Be Watching You (1992) Description]
   
 
==See Also==
  
==See Also==

Revision as of 08:21, 13 August 2014

I'll Be Watching You (Newford -4) by Charles de Lint

I'll Be Watching You (Newford #4) by Charles de Lint — Published March 1st 2004 by Orb Books ~ Art: John Picacio

1992-I'll Be Watching You (Newford Book 4) (Newford -4)

I'll Be Watching You (1992—Newford #4) by Charles de Lint — Published by Jove

I'll Be Watching You (1992) — The fourth book in the Newford series by Charles de Lint.  (first published under the pseudonym Samuel M. Key)

Category (Adult or YA)

Adult

Description

Rachael Sorenson feared she would never escape her ex-husband's abuse. Then a passing stranger came to her rescue—a stranger who had watched her from afar.

He was a photographer, and Rachael was his perfect subject. He lived only to make her happy—and eliminate those who didn't.

Now he wants more than her beauty. She owes him her life—and he means to collect.

✥ In the early 1990s, Charles de Lint wrote and published three dark fantasy novels under the pen name "Samuel M. Key." Now, beginning with Angel of Darkness and From a Whisper to a Scream and concluding with I'll Be Watching You, Orb presents them for the first time under de Lint's own name. ~ Goodreads | I'll Be Watching You (Newford, #4) by Charles de Lint — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists

Themes

World-Building

Setting

Newford

Supernatural / Mythical Elements

Characters

Characters What About
Rachel Sorenson Artist ex-husband Frank is an abuser;
Frank Sorenson an abuser Rachel's ex-husband
Harry Landon Psycho watches Rachel through telescope; kills Frank, then disappears; Rachel names him as her "guardian angel";
Rob Carter Rachel's friend gay man; Harry plots to use him to get to Rachel;

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Cover Artists

  • John Picacio

~ Source: ISFdb: Cover: I'll Be Watching You

Publishing Information

Publishers: Jove, Orb Books

  • Paperback, 304 pages, Pub: 1992 by Jove—ISBN: 0515112771
  • Paperback, 352 pages, Pub: March 1st 2004 by Orb Books—ISBN: 076530435X

First Sentence

A thunderstorm was raging in Rachel Sorensen's sleep. ~ Shelfari

Quotes

Charles de Lint Quotes ~ Goodreads

Awards

Trivia

Lists That Contain I'll Be Watching You (Newford, #4) by Charles de Lint ~ GR

Notes

Originally, Tor had planned to release all three of the horror novels I wrote under the name "Samuel M. Key" in one omnibus, but now they're publishing them in separate editions instead. Still to come from Orb Books (probably in 2003) is I'll Be Watching You, a straight thriller also set in Newford. ~ Charles de Lint: I'll Be Watching You (1992) Description

See Also

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