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Chiusa in una stanza, Gabriela aspetta da ore notizie della sua bambina. Finalmente, la porta di casa si apre. Ma non è la polizia, non è l'FBI: è l'uomo che ha sequestrato Sarah. E stringe in pugno una pistola... Comincia così, dalla fine, il thriller di Jeffery Deaver, che racconta a ritroso l'incubo in cui è precipitata improvvisamente la vita di Gabriela. Sua figlia Sarah di sei anni è stata rapita. E a lei hanno dato un ultimatum: se vuole rivederla viva, deve versare un riscatto di mezzo milione di dollari e recuperare un documento scottante, su cui molti vorrebbero mettere le mani, la October List. Il tutto nel giro di trenta ore. In un susseguirsi serrato di colpi di scena per le strade di Manhattan, Deaver intesse una storia adrenalinica che si dipana al contrario da una domenica sera al venerdì mattina, costruendo un inganno che si svela solo all'ultima pagina, ovvero al momento dell'imprevedibile inizio.
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- Pagine: 358
- Data di uscita: 11-06-2014
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Did not finish. In fact, I didn't get past page 25. The inattention to detail by this author is a real problem for me. The book starts with a mother waiting to hear news of whether her kidnapped daughter is safe, dead, maimed, hurt, healthy, happy? How does she spend this time? Assessing how "fit" t Leggi tutto
Jeffery Deaver tried a different approach with this mystery, which begins with the last chapter and works backwards to the first chapter. Thus things happen that seem inexplicable in the moment.....but lead to "AHA" moments as you keep reading. It's good fun once you get used to it. I don't want my r Leggi tutto
cold me left that experiment An! Normally I begin these reviews with a brief no-spoiler plot summary but, in for THE OCTOBER LIST , I’ll make an exception for two reasons. The first is that I didn’t actually finish the book. Indeed, I couldn’t finish it. The second is that I have no clue what the plot Leggi tutto
Interesting, different to his other books. Starts at the end and works through to the beginning. Chapters count down. Takes a bit of getting used to, but it works.
Interesting, different to his other books. Starts at the end and works through to the beginning. Chapters count down. Takes a bit of getting used to, but it works.
Based on the average of 2-1/2 stars this book has earned (as of this writing) at Amazon.com, I'm definitely going against the grain with five stars on this one. And if I were judging the book on the plot alone, I'd probably stick with four. But the creativity of writing a whodunit starting with the
THE OCTOBER LIST is a brilliant concept crime thriller and perhaps the most challenging and difficult novel Jeffery Deaver has ever written. The ‘gimmick’ per se is the fact that the novel is written backwards with the action unraveling in reverse order. This type of story-telling has been seen on fi Leggi tutto
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