In The Cut Av Susanna Moore

<p>Living alone in New York, Frannie teaches creative writing to a motley bunch of students, and secretly compiles a dictionary of street slan virginia, n., vagina; snapper, n., vagina; brasole, n., vagina. <br><br>One evening at a bar, she stumbles upon a man, his face in shadow, a tattoon on his wrist, a woman kneeling between his legs. A week later a detective shows up at her door. The woman''s body has been discovered in the park across the street. <br><br>Soon Frannie is propelled into a sexual liaison that tests the limits of her safety and desires, as she begins a terrifying descent into the dark places that reside deep within her.</p>