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The Accident

by Chris Pavone
Mozhan Marnò
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Three people will stop at nothing to prevent the publication of a manuscript containing long-buried secrets, from the acclaimed author of The Expats.
“Unputdownable.”—The New York Times
“A must-read . . . Gripping.”—USA Today
“A taut, bookish thriller.”—People
A ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Is this book worth killing for?
As dawn approaches in New York, literary agent Isabel Reed turns the final pages of a mysterious, anonymous manuscript, racing through its explosive revelations about powerful people, In Copenhagen, CIA operative Hayden Gray, determined that this sweeping story be buried, is suddenly staring down the barrel of a gun. And in Zurich, the author himself is hiding in a shadowy expat life, always looking over his shoulder. Over the course of one long, desperate day, these lives collide, placing everything at risk—and everyone in mortal peril.
Captivating, sophisticated, and impossible to put down, The Accident proves once again that Chris Pavone is a true master of suspense.

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  • Release date

    March 11, 2014

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780804166003
      • File size: 335939 KB
      • Duration: 11:39:52

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Mozhan Marno's calm, analytical delivery works well with Pavone's complex mystery. An anonymous manuscript that reveals powerful secrets falls into the lap of Isabel Reed, who is desperate to rekindle her career in the ever-more-crowded publishing industry. Marno keeps her characterizations clear but minimal throughout a large cast of individuals who span nearly three decades as the manuscript wreaks havoc across lives, careers, and continents. Marno does well differentiating the three parts of the story: the events of a dark night decades ago that lead to the concealment of the manuscript, the author's attempt to hide out in Zurich, posing as an ordinary ex-pat, and the text of the manuscript itself. The team of Marno and Pavone captivates in this mind-blowing mystery. S.C. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from December 23, 2013
      The contents of The Accident, a manuscript submission by an anonymous author, shock New York literary agent Isabel Reed, the heroine of Pavone's high-wire thrillerâhis second novel after 2012's well-received The Expats. Isabel worries that the revelations of this nonfiction work about Charlie Wolfe, a global media baron (think Rupert Murdoch crossed with Charles Foster Kane), pose a real danger. Her fears prove well founded as ruthless, powerful forces do whatever it takes to prevent the book's publication. The cold-blooded murder of someone close to Isabel is but the first of many. The cast of distinctive characters includes Hayden Gray, a Berlin-based "cultural attaché" (i.e., spy), who orchestrates the effort to reclaim the manuscript; Camilla Glyndon-Browning, a subsidiary-rights director who tries to shop it to Hollywood; and, of course, the anonymous author himself. Despite the far-fetched conceit, Pavone makes the story credible, and the suspense is palpable. Agent: David Gernert, Gernert Company.

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