Hello, I'm searching for the title of a book which was found in the sci fi/fantasy section of the library in the early 90s. It was a hardback book in English, and the style of the cover makes me think it may have been from the 70s or 80s, but I could be off. I only have the cover and a small part of the story to go on. It seemed to be intended for adults, it was too intense for me as a child and I stopped reading after the first scene.
It opens with a man rushing to the scene of a car accident that his wife has just been in. When he gets there, he pushes his was through people to get to the car and opens the door, and his dead (or dying) wife falls out of the car. I think her head was bleeding but I might be remembering it as more graphic than it was. The scene focuses on the man's thoughts and his distress over losing his wife. The next scene is an entirely different character and setting, but I only read the first few sentences of that part and I don't remember any details.
The cover was a night scene of a place that looks like a temple of some sort with light coming from the door. It has a cat sitting on either side of the entrance. I'm not sure if they were statues or real cats. I think there might be another cat somewhere in the picture.
I've been searching for this for a very long time and I've had so much trouble finding it. I recently considered that it might be Andre Norton because I've found so many of her covers with cats on them while searching, but I haven't been able to find one that matches. Now I'm not sure. Even if someone who doesn't know this exact book has any suggestions for helping me search (like other authors who use cats on covers, for example), it would be so appreciated.
Thanks!
It opens with a man rushing to the scene of a car accident that his wife has just been in. When he gets there, he pushes his was through people to get to the car and opens the door, and his dead (or dying) wife falls out of the car. I think her head was bleeding but I might be remembering it as more graphic than it was. The scene focuses on the man's thoughts and his distress over losing his wife. The next scene is an entirely different character and setting, but I only read the first few sentences of that part and I don't remember any details.
The cover was a night scene of a place that looks like a temple of some sort with light coming from the door. It has a cat sitting on either side of the entrance. I'm not sure if they were statues or real cats. I think there might be another cat somewhere in the picture.
I've been searching for this for a very long time and I've had so much trouble finding it. I recently considered that it might be Andre Norton because I've found so many of her covers with cats on them while searching, but I haven't been able to find one that matches. Now I'm not sure. Even if someone who doesn't know this exact book has any suggestions for helping me search (like other authors who use cats on covers, for example), it would be so appreciated.
Thanks!
