Agent: Deborah Schneider, Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents. This is brilliant craftsmanship in a vastly entertaining package. The finished picture finally emerges with a shock of recognition. As the ingenious plot folds back on itself, the reader has to reevaluate and reinterpret the constantly shifting “facts” in the case. Gabriela must not only pay a $500,000 ransom but also fork over the mysterious “October List,” which belongs to her former boss Charles Prescott, the head of Prescott Investments, who has fled from a police investigation.

In the first chapter, office manager Gabriela McKenzie, whose six-year-old daughter, Sarah, has been kidnapped, waits in her Manhattan apartment for news from fund manager Daniel Reardon, who’s attempting to deal with kidnapper Joseph Astor. 4.Thriller Award–winner Deaver (Edge) delivers a clever, demanding stand-alone that moves backward in time over the span of a three-day weekend, from Sunday evening to early Friday morning. Some arouse suspicion from the start, but others are a complete surprise. As the story progresses (?) in reverse, the reader learns that none of the characters is quite who or what they seem. 1 bestselling author Jeffery Deaver has created the most riveting and original novel of the year-a race-against-the-clock mystery, told in reverse. The ultimate thriller writer, Jeffery Deaver puts your brain - and your nerves - to the ultimate test with THE OCTOBER LIST, in a masterful mystery that. The first (ie last) chapters are quite confusing, but if the reader persists, the reward is a cleverly put-together story that is filled with twists, turns and red herrings. In this unusually constructed thriller, Deaver begins with the final chapter and works back through the events of the previous days. But when the door opens, a shock awaits: the kidnapper, gun in hand, enters. Her kidnapper is demanding a large sum of money, and something called The October List. She is hoping her new (and apparently wealthy) friend, Daniel Reardon and his expert team can save Sarah. Early on a September Sunday evening, Gabriela McKenzie waits nervously in a “safe” apartment with minder, Sam Easton, for news of the negotiation with her daughter’s kidnapper.

The October List is a stand-alone novel by popular American author, Jeffery Deaver.

The October List by Jeffery Deaver