Author:Charles MacLean
'There was no warning of any kind . . .'
Friday rush-hour. Martin Gregory, laden with packages, just manages to catch the 4.48 train. Tomorrow is his wife's birthday - he has a surprise in store - and he plans to devote the weekend to her and their beloved dogs. But Saturday morning, Martin rises early and does something so horrific, so inexplicable and so out of character his only option is to run . . .
And from this shocking incident the journey begins. With the help of a therapist he can't trust, and friends who no longer trust him, Martin's quest for meaning takes him down shifting realities and twisted corridors of time into the deepest recesses of the human mind. It is a world of menace and obsession from which neither he - nor the reader - can escape, for Martin Gregory is either lost in a dark maze of madness and horror, or frighteningly sane.
The ultimate race-against-the-clock thriller
—— Lisa Gardnertightly plotted thriller . . . finely drawn characterisations and taut, clean storytelling make this an enjoyable read
—— Publishers WeeklyFive Days to Die has it all: an attractive female detective, a crusty FBI profiler, and the scariest killer you'll never want to meet
—— Leslie GlassKatia Lief has an amazing eye for detail . . . clever and realistic – a gripping, poignant portrayal of an innocent family caught in a nightmare of evil
—— Anne FrasierI put Five Days to Die aside only once . . . to make sure my doors were locked
—— Barbara ParkerEspecially hard to put down . . .had this reviewer looking over her shoulder in her quiet apartment . . .the plot really cooks
—— The Mystery Reader