Agent: Deborah Schneider, Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents. This is brilliant craftsmanship in a vastly entertaining package. The finished picture finally emerges with a shock of recognition. As the ingenious plot folds back on itself, the reader has to reevaluate and reinterpret the constantly shifting “facts” in the case. Gabriela must not only pay a $500,000 ransom but also fork over the mysterious “October List,” which belongs to her former boss Charles Prescott, the head of Prescott Investments, who has fled from a police investigation. In the first chapter, office manager Gabriela McKenzie, whose six-year-old daughter, Sarah, has been kidnapped, waits in her Manhattan apartment for news from fund manager Daniel Reardon, who’s attempting to deal with kidnapper Joseph Astor. The October List Paperback Jeffery Deaver Language English Publisher Hachette Publication date JanuDimensions 5.43 x 1.02 x 7.76 inches ISBN-10 1444780476 ISBN-13 978-1444780475 See all details The Amazon Book Review Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Thriller Award–winner Deaver (Edge) delivers a clever, demanding stand-alone that moves backward in time over the span of a three-day weekend, from Sunday evening to early Friday morning.
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