The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Brand: Mulholland Books
Product Description
When a mother is targeted by a dangerous group of masterminds she must commit a crime to save her kidnapped daughteror risk losing her foreverin this propulsive and original awardwinning thriller Stephen King. Its something parents do every morning Rachel Klein drops her daughter at the bus stop and heads into her day. But a cell phone call from an unknown number changes everything its a woman on the line informing her that she has Kylie bound and gagged in her back seat and the only way Rachel will see her again is to follow her instructions exactly pay a ransom and find another child to abduct. This is no ordinary kidnapping the caller is a mother herself whose son has been taken and if Rachel doesnt do as shes told the boy will die. You are not the first. And you will certainly not be the last.Rachel is now part of The Chain an unending and ingenious scheme that turns victims into criminalsand is making someone else very rich in the process. The rules are simple the moral challenges impossible find the money fast find your victim and then commit a horrible act youd have thought yourself incapable of just twentyfour hours ago. But what the masterminds behind The Chain know is that parents will do anything for their children. It turns out that kidnapping is only the beginning. McKinty is one of the most striking and most memorable crime voices to emerge on the scene in years. His plots tempt you to read at top speed but dont give in this writingsharply observant intelligent and shot through with black humorshould be savored. Tana French A masterpiece. You have never read anything quite like The Chain and you will never be able to forget it. Don Winslow Diabolical unnerving and gives a whole new meaning to the word relentless. Adrian McKinty just leapt to the top of my list of mustread suspense novelists. Hes the real deal. Dennis Lehane Pairing an irresistible concept with a winner protagonist The Chain promises to be your new addiction once you succumb to the first enticing page. Alafair Burke A gradeAfirstrateedgeofyourseat thriller. I cant believe what went through my mind while reading it. Attica Locke show more
Condition : New
Author : Adrian McKinty
Weight : 351
Publisher : Mulholland Books
Language : English
EAN : 9780316463256
ISBN10 : 0316463256
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20200602
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 105 X 189 X 34mm