September 2016 Book of the Month.
When a spoiled travel journalist succumbs to sexual temptation on an assignment on a trip to Argentina, his whole world is about to be pulled apart and not just his shaky marriage. A dazzling conspiracy thriller that spans the globe and introduces a female foe of wonderful seduction and cruelty, this fast-paced read is, like Pavone's two earlier internationally-set thrillers, 'The Expats' and 'The Accident', a complex hall of mirrors wrapping plots within plots, and featuring a surfeit of characters who are not what they seem alongside his signature, hapless male protagonist at its centre. Pavone excels at putting strong women characters at the heart of his plots while never neglecting the action, exotic but realistic travel, deceitful wiles and violence which one would never initially associate with them. Highly satisfying thrills with an innovative background of magazine publishing as a cover for spying and murder. ~ Maxim Jakubowski
A 'Piece of Passion' from the publisher...
"Chris Pavone is one of those writers it's very easy to fall for. When I first read the ms of his debut The Expats, on submission, it didn't take very long at all to know I needed to publish this guy. He writes smart, serious, international thrillers, that have scope and ambition and also manage to be witty and likeable. Over his three books so far, each a standalone, he's artfully maintained this tricky tonal balance. To add to the mix, he always writes great female characters (not something that's true of every male thriller writer!), brilliantly about the internal power struggles of marriage and the work place and, somehow, how these things all relate to the big issues in the world today. As Lee Child has said, 'it's hard to believe he's only on his third novel, he's already an automatic must-read for me’." ~ Angus Cargill, Editorial Director at Faber
| Primary Genre | Thriller and Suspense |
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