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Double Trouble

An excerpt from "Starr Bright Will Be With You Soon" by "Rosamond Smith"

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Jan 22, 2026
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Joyce Carol Oates wrote seven suspense novels under the pseudonym “Rosamond Smith,” including Lives of the Twins, Soul/Mate, Nemesis, Snake Eyes, You Can’t Catch Me, Double Delight, and Starr Bright Will Be With You Soon. These will be reissued, with dazzling new covers, by Hard Case Crime/Charles Ardai beginning in February, 2026. Here is the opening c…

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