The Wrong Man

Zusatztext Praise for John Katzenbach’s The Madman’s Tale “A tour de force . . . superior storytelling.” –The Washington Post “This haunting story will linger in your mind long after you’ve left the asylum. . . . Katzenbach’s wonderful, tense narrative flows effortlessly, drawing you deeper and deeper into a chilling atmosphere of evil, darkness, and shadows.” –The Miami Herald “Beautifully written, thoroughly engrossing.” –The Boston Globe “[An] impossible-to-put-down thriller.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review) Informationen zum Autor John Katzenbach Klappentext Scott Freeman is a man of reason-a college professor grounded in the rational and practical. But he becomes uneasy after finding an anonymous love letter hidden in his daughter's room: "No one could ever love you like I do. No one ever will. We will be together forever. One way or another.” But the reality of Ashley's plight far exceeds Scott's worst suspicions. One drink too many had led Ashley, a beautiful, bright art student, into what she thought was just a fling with a blue-collar bad boy. But now, no amount of pleading or reasoning can discourage his phone calls, ardent e-mails, and constant, watchful gaze. Michael O'Connell is but a malignant shadow of a man. His brash, handsome features conceal a black and empty soul. Control is his religion. Cunning and criminal skill are his stock-in-trade. Rage is his language. The harder Ashley tries to break free, the deeper Michael burrows into every aspect of her life, so she turns in desperation to her divorced parents and her mother's new partner-three people still locked in a coldly civilized triangle of resentment. But their fierce devotion to Ashley is the common bond that will draw them together to face down a predator. For Ashley's family, it is a test of primal love that will drive them to the extreme edge-and beyond-in a battle of wills that escalates into a life-or-death war to protect their own. From the bestselling master of suspense, John Katzenbach, The Wrong Man is an elegantly crafted and breathtakingly intense read that asks the question, "How far would you go to save the child you love?” Leseprobe The History Professor and the Two Women When Scott Freeman first read the letter that he found in his daughter’s top bureau drawer, crumpled up and stuffed behind some old white athletic socks, he knew immediately that someone was going to die. It was not the sort of sensation that he could instantly have defined, but it overcame him in much the same way that any feeling of impending dread might, finding a distinct cold place deep within his chest. He remained rooted in his place, while his eyes repeatedly traveled the words on the sheet of paper: No one could ever love you like I do. No one ever will. We were meant for each other and nothing will prevent that. Nothing. We will be together forever. One way or another. The letter was not signed. It had been typed on common computer paper. The type font had been italicized, to give it an almost antique sensitivity. He could not find the envelope that it had been delivered in, so there was no handy return address, not even a postmark that he could check. He put the letter down on the bureau and tried to smooth out the creases that gave it an angry, urgent appearance. He looked again at the words and tried to imagine them to be benign. A puppylike protest of love, nothing more than a temporary infatuation on the part of some college classmate of Ashley’s, a crush, and that she had kept it concealed for no real reason, other than some misplaced romantic foolishness. Really, he told himself, you are overreacting. But nothing he imagined in that moment could overcome the sensation icing him inside. Scott Freeman did not think of himself as a rash man, nor w...

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Praise for John Katzenbach s The Madman s Tale

A tour de force . . . superior storytelling.
The Washington Post

This haunting story will linger in your mind long after you ve left the asylum. . . . Katzenbach s wonderful, tense narrative flows effortlessly, drawing you deeper and deeper into a chilling atmosphere of evil, darkness, and shadows.
The Miami Herald

Beautifully written, thoroughly engrossing.
The Boston Globe

[An] impossible-to-put-down thriller.
Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Product details

• Authors: John Katzenbach
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.05.2007
• EAN: 9780345464842
• ISBN: 978-0-345-46484-2
• No. of pages: 500
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 175 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Ballantine Paperbacks; Ballantine Books
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense