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Jeffery Deaver's extraordinary new standalone thriller begins with his most amazing twist - the book's ending...

About the Author

Jeffery Deaver is the award-winning author of three collections of short stories and 30 internationally bestselling novels, including the latest James Bond novel CARTE BLANCHE. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellers THE VANISHED MAN, THE TWELFTH CARD and THE COLD MOON, as well as THE BONE COLLECTOR which was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. A three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the year, he has been nominated for an Anthony Award and six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He won the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award in 2001 and in 2004 won the Crime Writers' Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller and their Short Story Dagger. Jeffery Deaver lives in North Carolina and California. Visit his website, www.jefferydeaver.com, Facebook page, www.facebook.com/JefferyDeaver, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JefferyDeaver.

Reviews

A clever, demanding stand-alone . . . As the ingenious plot folds back on itself, the reader has to reevaluate and reinterpret the constantly shifting "facts" in the case. The finished picture finally emerges with a shock of recognition. This is brilliant craftsmanship in a vastly entertaining package. - Publishers WeeklyJeffery Deaver's most fiendish thriller ever . . . The reader is never lied to in Deaver's brilliant shell game, merely misdirected, and the best part of this trick is that despite being in on the game, we continue to make false assumptions . . . as the pace quickens and the story continues to backtrack, solid evidence, established plot points and sturdily built characters all begin to come undone, until what started out as an interactive game becomes a truly unnerving exercise in deception. - New York TimesIn THE OCTOBER LIST, the always entertaining Jeffery Deaver attempts the almost impossible: the back-to-front thriller, beginning with its climax and ending with the planning of the initial crime . . . It's very readable - The TimesEven halfway through, it seems possible that Deaver has been defeated by the mind-boggling technical challenge of delivering surprises in back-to-front time. But after the reverse journey reaches the couple's first meeting, his gamble is thoroughly vindicated by a series of twists in which he resembles a conjuror who each time seems to have performed his final trick, but then tops it. - Sunday TimesThis will keep you gripped right to the last page - Press AssociationPraise for master thriller writer Deaver - :Devious, diabolical and devilish - New York TimesThe most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world - Daily Telegraph