Book : Look Closer - Ellis, David

-Titulo Original : Look Closer

-Fabricante :

G.P. Putnams Sons

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Review The fun is figuring out what parts of the story - if any - should be trusted. Though Ellis juggles a great many plot strands, he doesn’t drop them; the result is wildly entertaining, not tedious. It helps that just about every character in the book is the very definition of unreliable.--New York Times Book Review “Suspenseful, sexy, involving, twisty and twisted.”-James Patterson “A dizzyingly clever thriller. Endlessly surprising and great fun.”-Lisa Scottoline A tense, tricky thriller that keeps surprising you just when you think you have it figured out. A fun fast read.--R.L. Stine Impressive...The tale of murder and misdirection is a solid two days of beach escape.--Chicago Tribune With labyrinthine plots that spin on twist after twist and several never-saw-that-coming turns….Ellis juggles romantic triangles, betrayal after betrayal, revenge and greed for a complex plot that evolves into one solid twist after another. Each character’s shady past and their unshakeable present merge into an exciting plot--Florida Sun Sentinel “Serpentine revelations will surprise even the cleverest mystery readers. This complex tale of triple-crossings and devious revenge should win Ellis new fans.”--Publishers Weekly “Twisty, intricately plotted….Even seasoned mystery readers won’t be able to predict all the knots in Simon and Vicky’s tangled web of deception. A roller-coaster ride full of unexpected twists and turns.”--Kirkus Reviews Completely blown away by how smart, sneaky and surprisingly heartfelt this novel is!...Highly recommended.--Criminal Element “A daring, brilliant thriller, full of characters you both love and hate and more unexpected turns than a mountain road at night without your headlights. Tremendous fun!”--Scott Turow, bestselling author of Presumed Innocent and The Last Trial Absolutely dazzling! David Ellis is a master storyteller who keeps us riveted to the pages. A whip-smart and diabolically plotted thriller, with crackling dialogue, nonstop pacing, and tour de force structure. A profoundly insightful study of greed, obsession, revenge, and justice. Riveting, compelling, and completely entertaining!--Hank Phillippi Ryan, bestselling author of Her Perfect Life Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 Simon I check my green burner phone for the time. Its now 8:51 p.m., nine minutes to nine. Nearly two hours since trick-or-treating ended and Grace Village plunged into darkness, the residents of this bedroom community hunkering down for the night. Police cruisers will be out tonight, but there are none currently on Lathrow Avenue, at least as best I can tell standing in Laurens foyer, looking through the peephole of her front door with emotion clouding my eyes. Not tears. I am not crying. I thought it possible that tears would come, even likely, but they have not. Now Im sure they wont. Tears are for sadness, regret, remorse. I am not calm exactly, certainly not what I would describe as normal; far from that. A dull ringing fills my ears and the THUMP-THUMP, THUMP-THUMP of my pulse echoes through me, a bellowing bass drum no symphony orchestra could match. Still, my hand does not shake as I reach for the inside door handle, an ornate gold latch youd expect to open a vault of princely treasures. But no jewels or riches beyond this door, only danger. I am not supposed to be here, inside Laurens house. I turn one last time and look behind me in the foyer. Laurens body dangles from the second-floor landing, her toes no more than a few feet above the marble foyer floor. She is motionless, coming to rest facing me, her head lolled unnaturally to the right, resting on the knotted rope wrapped around her neck, her head so askew it looks as if it might detach and fall to the marbled floor. She is wearing a skintight cat costume, complete with makeup, painted whiskers, and button nose; even the nails on her fingers and toes are painted black. Halloween Barbie, if ther