title: Fear: A Novel
author:  Dirk Kurbjuweit 
description: &#8220;<em>Fear</em> shifts our moral codes. It makes us accessories to murder. A great achievement.&#8221; (Herman Koch, author of <em>The Dinner</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;Cerebral crime fiction with an ethical core.&#8221; (Michele Leber, <em>Booklist</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;Its layers of paranoia and memories are brilliantly done to play on every parent&#8217;s deepest fears.&#8221; (Fiona Barton, author of <em>The Widow</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;Such great writing, evoking a domestic landscape as creepy as the man in the basement downstairs.... An unsettling tale of merciless self-scrutiny.&#8221; (Renee Knight, author of <em>Disclaimer</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;A neighbor goes from sort-of-strange to seriously scary in this gripping German thriller.... You&#8217;ll be turning pages to learn how the psychological torture will end.&#8221; (<em>AARP Magazine</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;Unsettling&#8230;. Kurbjuweit generates suspense by making the reader wonder what exactly precipitates Dieter&#8217;s killing, who is really responsible, and what the reader might do in the Tiefenthalers&#8217; place.&#8221; (<em>Publishers Weekly</em>, starred review)<br /><br />&#8220;Fear</em> is a smart, psychologically complex and morally acute fable decked out in the garb of an intricate thriller... a wry, complex, at times disturbing survey of middle-class life.&#8221; (<em>Sydney Morning Herald</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;A strong and haunting work that is worthy of your time.&#8221; (<em>BookReporter</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;<em>Fear</em> shifts our moral codes. It makes us accessories to murder. A great achievement.&#8221; (<i>Stern</i>)<br /><br />&#8220;A subtle and engrossing psychological thriller that gives an intelligent, carefully considered response to the question of how much our liberal values are worth when we feel our lives are threatened.&#8221; (<i>Brigitte</i>)
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  FOR FEAR
  
  
  
  
  
  A Clint Wolf Novel
  
  
  (Book 17)
  
  
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  BY
  
  
  
  
  
  BJ BOURG
  
  
  
  
  
  [www.bjbourg.com](http://www.bjbourg.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  BUT NOT FOR FEAR
  
  
  A Clint Wolf Novel by BJ Bourg
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and
  incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or have been used
  fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or
  events is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be transmitted or reproduced
  in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the author,
  with the exception of brief excerpts used for the purposes of review.
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by BJ Bourg  
  
  
  Cover design by Christine Savoie of Bayou Cover Designs
  
  
  
  
  
  PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHAPTER 1](part0003.html#_Toc53016361)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 2](part0004.html#_Toc53016362)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 3](pa