The Accident

Zusatztext 42041112 Informationen zum Autor Chris Pavone is the New York Times bestselling author of The Doorman, The Paris Diversion, The Travelers , The Accident , and The Expats , winner of the Edgar and Anthony Awards for best first novel. He was a book editor for nearly two decades and lives in New York City with his family. Klappentext From the author of the New York Times-bestselling and Edgar Award-winning The Expats As dawn approaches in New York! literary agent Isabel Reed is turning the final pages of a mysterious! anonymous manuscript! racing through the explosive revelations about powerful people! as well as long-hidden secrets about her own past. In Copenhagen! veteran CIA operative Hayden Gray! determined that this sweeping story be buried! is suddenly staring down the barrel of an unexpected gun. And in Zurich! the author himself is hiding in a shadowy expat life! trying to atone for a lifetime's worth of lies and betrayals with publication of The Accident! while always looking over his shoulder.Over the course of one long! desperate! increasingly perilous day! these lives collide as the book begins its dangerous march toward publication! toward saving or ruining careers and companies! placing everything at risk-and everyone in mortal peril. The rich cast of characters-in publishing and film! politics and espionage-are all forced to confront the consequences of their ambitions! the schisms between their ideal selves and the people they actually became.The action rockets around Europe and across America! with an intricate web of duplicities stretching back a quarter-century to a dark winding road in upstate New York! where the shocking truth about the accident itself is buried. Gripping! sophisticated! layered! and impossible to put down! The Accident proves once again that Chris Pavone is a true master of suspense. Chapter 1 It’s just before dawn when Isabel Reed turns the final sheet of paper. Halfway down the page, her mouth falls open, her heartbeat quickens. Her eyes dart across each typescript line at a rapid-fire pace, accelerating as she moves through the final paragraph, desperate to arrive at a revelation, to confirm her suspicions. She sucks in her breath, and holds that breath, for the last lines. Isabel stares at the final period, the little black dot of ink .?.?. staring .?.?. She lets out her breath. “My God.” Astounded, at the enormity of the story. Disappointed, at the absence of the confirmation she was hoping for. Furious, at what it means. Terrified, at the dangers it presents. And, above all, heartbroken, at the immensity of the betrayal. Betrayals. She puts the page down on the fat stack of paper that sits on the bedspread, next to a crumpled soft-pack of cigarettes and an overflowing crystal ashtray, a mildly snarky birthday present from a passive-aggressive colleague. She picks up the manuscript with both hands, flips it over, and uses her thumbs to align the pages. Her hands are trembling. She tries to steady herself with a deep breath, and sets the straightened pile of pages in her lap. There are four words centered at the top of the page: The Accident by Anonymous Isabel stares across the room, off into the black nothingness of the picture window on the opposite wall, its severe surface barely softened by the half-drawn shades, an aggressive void invading the cocoon of her bedroom. The room is barely lit by a small bullet-shaped reading sconce mounted over the headboard, aiming a concentrated beam of light directly at her. In the window, the light’s reflection hovers above her face, like a tiny sun illuminating the top of her head, creating a halo. An angel. Except she’s not. She can feel her body tense and her jaw tighten and her shoulders contract in a spasm of rage. She tries to suppress it, bites her lip, brings herself under the fli...

Product details

• Authors: Chris Pavone
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.01.2015
• EAN: 9780385348478
• ISBN: 978-0-385-34847-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 203 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Crown
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense