Two Nights in Lisbon
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3.8 • 6 Ratings
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- £12.99
Publisher Description
A woman wakes up to discover her new husband is missing and sets out on a wild race of power, politics, and revenge in this international thriller from New York Times bestselling author Chris Pavone.
You think you know a person...
Ariel Price wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband is gone – no warning, no note, not answering his phone. Something is wrong.
She starts with hotel security, then the police, then the American embassy, at each confronting questions she can't fully answer: What exactly is John doing in Lisbon? Why would he drag her along on his business trip? Who would want to harm him? And why does Ariel know so little about her new, much younger, husband?
The clock is ticking. Ariel is increasingly frustrated and desperate, running out of time, and the one person in the world who can help is the one person she least wants to ask...
PRAISE FOR TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON:
'I defy anyone to read the first twenty pages of this breakneck novel, then try to put it down for five minutes. This is smart suspense at its very best' John Grisham
'My thriller of the year so far' Lee Child
'Two Nights in Lisbon is his best yet. This one is not to be missed' Karin Slaughter
'There's no such thing as a book you can't put down, but this one was close' Stephen King
Customer Reviews
*Intricate Plot*
**3.5 Stars**
A seemingly newly married American couple John & Ariel decide to go Lisbon. He is going for business reasons and wants her to accompany him to a dinner.
They have a great first night and when she wakes up in the morning he has gone, he is not answering his mobile and she senses something is wrong. She checks with the hotel security, the police and even the US Embassy. No one takes her seriously due to the short amount of time he has been missing but eventually with her persistence she starts to raise suspicions. As they question her they seem to think that because John is 10 years younger he has hoodwinked her and it is some kind of scam. But Ariel is saying kidnap. Then when a ransom call comes through even though some are skeptical the law enforcement decide to take her seriously.
Red flags are being raised as they dig into her background and there is one high ranking government official who wants to run for president who has a dark past connecting to Ariel & John does not appear to be who she thinks he is. As they question Ariel she cannot fully answer them so they think they have worked out what is really going on but they have no idea….
It was a clever plot with a twist but It left me feeling frustrated trying to work out the reason behind it and it started to drag. Then the epilogue which was a revelation made sense even though it took a while to get there.