Author:James Patterson,Kristin Atherton,Skye Bennett,Shin-Fei Chen,Raj Ghatak,Jeff Harding,Bruce Lester Johnson,Vaughn Joseph,Thomas Judd,Nicholas Khan,Patricia Rodriguez,Becca Stewart
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'A really entertaining thriller [that] like Michael Crichton . . . keeps ratcheting up the suspense' Booklist
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Two sisters have always stood together. Now, they're the only ones left.
In the shadow of Mount Hood in the US Pacific Northwest, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie.
The girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams.
From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the noise only gets worse . . .
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Praise for James Patterson
'The master storyteller of our times' Hillary Rodham Clinton
'Nobody does it better' Jeffery Deaver
'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' Patricia Cornwell
'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting' Mark Lawson, Guardian
'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' Ian Rankin
© James Patterson 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
A really entertaining thriller . . . like Michael Crichton (who might have written something very like this), Patterson and Barker keep ratcheting up the suspense and the sense of impending doom, until, by the end, we wish we could read faster just so we can find out what happens next.
—— BooklistPatterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination.
—— NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWNo one gets this big without natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.
—— LEE CHILD, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher seriesPatterson boils a scene down to a single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.
—— MICHAEL CONNELLYJames Patterson is the boss. End of.
—— IAN RANKINJames Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.
—— STEVE BERRY, bestselling author of the Colton Malone seriesPatterson is in a class by himself.
—— VANITY FAIRReads like a cinematic true crime documentary. Brilliant, compelling and original.
—— Steve CavanaghAn absolute triumph. It sucked me in, chewed me up, spat me out and left me blinking like the moment the lights go on at a fuzzy basement nightclub. Phenomenal, current, bleakly devastating. An iron gauntlet in the guts. Loved it.
—— Matt WesolowskiHighly original and mischievous novel - a complete triumph
—— John BoyneAbsolutely brilliant. I think it's a game-changer
—— Martyn WaitesPure genius - all the things you want to a crime novel to be, also hilarious. I love it
—— Jane CaseyTrue Crime Story is phenomenal. One of the most original thrillers I've read in years, perhaps ever. A gritty, twisted murder mystery told in the unique style of a true crime account. I've rarely raced through a book so fast. I'm just gutted that it's probably ruined me for thrillers for a good long while! Absolutely remarkable.
—— Robyn YoungWOW ! this is a work of outstanding and staggering genius! You always get beautiful prose and a crackling plot from Mr Knox. But this has extra madness. It's the most original book I've read in ages
—— Imran MahmoodThe most exciting and original crime book you'll read this year
—— Anna MazzolaDark, seedy, and not to be trusted, and that's just the character Joseph Knox, as written by Joseph Knox!This is a very clever book indeed. Fiction so convincingly written as true crime that I ended up Googling the victim just to check I hadn't got the wrong end of the stick.
—— Jack GrimwoodTotally gripping, original, and white- hot suspenseful
—— Robert CraisAn audacious idea, ingeniously executed
—— Sarah HilaryOne of the most unafraid contemporary crime writers ... a genre defying complex construct of smoke and mirrors, this book is very, very clever.
—— Helen FieldsA story that'll leave your head spinning and questioning just who gets to shape the narrative when a woman goes missing...
—— StylistIngenious...brilliantly original
—— Laura Shepherd RobinsonHugely ambitious
—— Irish IndependentInventive, playful and hugely enjoyable.
—— Sunday ExpressSupple and urgent - another slab of Knox brilliance
—— MetroKnox has produced something extraordinary ... post-modern playfulness [embedded] in a rich and compelling plot that twists and turns until the final pages
—— The Big IssueAstonishing! So clever, so original! Highly recommended
—— Jane FallonThis clever novel reads like a true crime story (at times you have to remind yourself it's fiction), which makes it all the more compelling
—— IndependentAn ingenious thriller
—— Choice MagazineA very stylish novel revealing not only the unreliability of witnesses, but also the voyeurism in much crime reporting, crime investigation, and yes, in those of us who enjoy crime fiction
—— The TabletBook of the year
True Crime Story by Joseph Knox, a provocative mix of real and fictional crime in which the author himself investigates the disappearance of a student named Zoe. But is she a real or fictional character? With a fragmentary narrative style, this is something new in the overcrowded crime genre
Joseph Knox cements his reputation as one of the best of the new guard of British crime writers with True Crime Story, in which one Joseph Knox - a deliciously unflattering self-portrait - becomes entangled in the investigation into the disappearance of a student. It's a meta-fictional trick that helps to create a genuine (and genuinely pleasurable) sense of unease.
—— Best Books of 2021, The TelegraphA thrilling mystery with a strong emotional heart
—— Woman & HomeIngeniously constructed, with real flesh-and-blood characters and cliff-hanging suspense
—— Louise Candlish