- format: kindle (Amazon)
- File Size: 4956 KB
- Print Length: 52 pages
- Publisher: Amazon Original Stories (January 29, 2019)
- Publication Date: January 29, 2019
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B07JYPTLJW
Seven strangers. Two hours. One tragic moment of violence that changes everything.
In this electrifying short story by New York Times bestselling author of The Never Game Jeffery Deaver, the destinies of seven strangers intersect in ways no one sees coming. It looks like just another gray March morning in the tough urban district nicknamed Nowhere when seven lives converge: a young man intent on buying a gun; the gangbanger who cuts him a deal; a by-the-book police officer on a last patrol; an advertising executive keeping secrets from her husband; a veteran haunted by a combat death; a single dad in a bitter custody battle; and a sharp-looking businessman en route to a new job he desperately needs. Any one of them could have a dark motive. Any one of them could be walking into a trap. When the fog lifts, it will all be much clearer—that a single, shattering act of violence has marked each of them forever.
My Take
I liked the way each of the 7 main characters was introduced in this novella. Inevitably as the author described each of the characters I made a judgement about them, but, as it turned out I was very wrong.
Tension builds as the reader realises each character is heading towards Ninth Ave in Nowhere and you know that something is going to happen.
An excellent read. Highly recommended.
My rating: 4.8
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