The Manhattan Puzzle
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- ¥530
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- ¥530
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A global puzzle. A secret symbol. A conspiracy that ends in death. Perfect for fans of Dan Brown’s Inferno.
An international cover-up that could change the course of history…
Sean has been tracking a symbol from another age. It provides a clue to a barbaric conspiracy. A puzzle with an answer feared for millenia.
When Isabel wakes to find Sean hasn't come home she doesn't worry. At first. But when the police turn up on her doorstep wanting to interview him, she has to make a decision.
Does she keep faith in him or does she believe the evidence?
The symbol Sean and Isabel have been chasing will finally be revealed in Manhattan as one of the greatest banks in the world totters. Can Isobel uncover the truth before time runs out…or will she too be murdered?
A thrilling, high-octane race to save civilisation that will engross fans of Dan Brown, David Baldacci and James Patterson.
Reviews
'This stylish conspiracy thriller is a Turkish delight…combines plenty of stirring action with fascinating historical detail about a city and a country [Laurence] quite obviously loves.' Irish Independent'A brisk plot…which draws the reader into a conspiratorial rapport…He's come late to fiction, clearly he means to enjoy it.' Telegraph
About the author
Laurence was born in Dublin. He studied business, then IT at Oxford University. After going to England he paid for his own courses and began rising at 4AM so he could study and work at the same time. One early job was as a kitchen porter near the Bank of England cleaning the plates of the well connected. He stayed in squats in London and struggled for years. Laurence was first published by a school newspaper when he was ten, for a short story about aliens getting lost. Thirty-five years later, he attended a authonomy workshop and not long after was offered a publishing contract for three books.The New York Puzzle is his third novel.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
O'Bryan's pedestrian third thriller featuring Isabel and Sean Ryan (after 2012's The Jerusalem Puzzle) is overly dependent on knowledge of previous series entries and derivative of Dan Brown's novels. After Sean goes missing, Isabel leaves their comfortable London home and young son, Alek, entrusting him to a friend's care, to search through the wilds of Manhattan for her husband. Sean's disappearance seems linked to his consulting work for the mammoth banking firm BXH, the target of a threatened Chinese takeover. Isabel's quest, fueled by caffeine and unrelenting grit, gradually intersects with secret MI5 machinations. Meanwhile, the sinister Lord Bidener and his lethal dominatrix assistant, Xena, enact ritualistic tortures in pursuit of a centuries-old secret of ultimate power. A flimsy plot sends the Styrofoam characters floundering through one narrow escape after another, ramping up to a subterranean finale with cannibalistic rats. Isabel eventually declares that all she wants is a "normal boring life again" and so will most of O'Bryan's exhausted readers.
