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The Accident

by Chris Pavone
10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 hrs. Books on Tape. 2014. ISBN 9780804165990. $40; 10 CDs. retail ed. Random Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. F
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Pavone returns to the international espionage setting he created in his debut novel, The Expats. Using some continuing characters and a host of new faces, Pavone turns to the world of publishing. The delivery of an incendiary manuscript to literary agent Isabel Reed triggers a desperate race between those who want to reveal the truth and those who are willing to kill to cover it up. The action focuses on Isabel and her attempts to outmaneuver veteran spy Hayden Gray and spans the course of a single day, with gradually increasing stakes for everyone involved. Pavone deftly mixes espionage and murder with sharply drawn character studies of the increasingly cash-strapped publishing industry, cranking the tension to a fever pitch.
VERDICT Recommend to fans of high-octane fiction. ["Fans of popular fiction (not just thriller lovers) and all those interested in the inner workings of the publishing world will have a terrific time reading this engaging thriller," read the review of the Crown hc, LJ 12/13.]
Reviewed by Anna Mickelsen, Springfield City Lib., MA , May 01, 2014
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