Gabriela is sitting in an apartment in Manhattan, watching the clock. Her daughter has been kidnapped, she's shot and killed a man, she is trying to evade the police and negotiate with the kidnapper, a stone-cold killer. He wants the October List, and he wants money. The doorbell rings...
That is the end of Gabriela's story, and the first chapter of this extraordinary novel by the world's best thriller writer Jeffery Deaver. The next chapter is the scene which came before, and what follows is the what happened before that. Deaver's breathtakingly clever new thriller is guaranteed to keep you gripped to the final page - where you find out the beginning...
Author Biography
Jeffery Deaver is the award-winning author of three collections of short stories and 30 internationally bestselling novels, including the latest James Bond novel CARTE BLANCHE. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellers THE VANISHED MAN, THE TWELFTH CARD and THE COLD MOON, as well as THE BONE COLLECTOR which was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. A three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the year, he has been nominated for an Anthony Award and six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He won the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award in 2001 and in 2004 won the Crime Writers' Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller and their Short Story Dagger. Jeffery Deaver lives in North Carolina and California. Visit his website, www.jefferydeaver.com, Facebook page, www.facebook.com/JefferyDeaver, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JefferyDeaver.
