Now a major BBC TV show, starring John Simm. Taut, menacing, sinister, gripping, intelligent, action-packed – everything you could want from a thriller. When ex-LAPD patrol cop Jack Whalen’s wife goes missing on a routine business trip to Seattle, his world is shaken. Meanwhile, a ten-year-old girl vanishes from a beach in Oregon after an encounter with a sinister stranger – but it gradually becomes clear that she’s very far from defenceless. Searching for answers in the shadowy secrets of a past that still haunts him, Jack discovers that the truth has roots deeper and darker than he ever feared.
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Now a major BBC TV show, starring John Simm. Taut, menacing, sinister, gripping, intelligent, action-packed – everything you could want from a thriller.
‘A nerve-wracking story, full of twists’ New York Times ‘A jaw-dropping mystery that makes a hairpin turn on nearly every page’ Entertainment Weekly ‘A good, taut thriller, with lots of action and a very gripping ending’ Guardian ‘Devilishly clever … a tautly crafted page-turner of the highest order ’ Bookpage ‘Bestseller Marshall outdoes his own high standards with this potent blend of suspense, paranoia and just plain creepiness … a provocative and supremely intelligent thriller’ Publishers Weekly ‘Sinister’ Mirror ‘Marshall ratchets up the paranoia’ New York Daily News ‘Captures a sense of the menacing inevitable’ Time Out ‘Subtle, satisfying – and really scary ’ Kirkus Reviews
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• The TV show will start on BBC2 at the end of October • The latest conspiracy-theory thriller from the author of The Straw Men, The Lonely Dead and Blood of Angels • Featuring Michael Marshall’s trademark black humour, intricate plotting and engaging characters • High-profile consumer marketing campaign including press and outdoor advertising, and innovative digital activity Competition: Dean Koontz, John Connelly
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780008114954
Publisert
2014-09-11
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperCollins
Vekt
360 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
496

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Michael Marshall is a novelist and screenwriter. Before writing the internationally bestselling novels ‘The Straw Men’, The Lonely Dead’ and ‘Blood of Angels’, he had already established a successful career under the name Michael Marshall Smith: his groundbreaking first novel, ‘Only Forward’, won the Philip K. Dick and August Derleth Awards, and its critically acclaimed successors ‘Spares’ and ‘One of Us’ have been optioned by major Hollywoood studios. He lives in North London with his wife, son and two cats.