Whirlwind
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A vengeful psychopath terrorizes a New England town in this "outstanding psychological thriller" from the New York Times–bestselling author (Booklist, starred review).
Liza Plain, a Boston-based journalist hoping for her big break, is dreading spending Christmas in Shiloh, Rhode Island, with her difficult grandfather—until news of the disappearance of a retired local priest triggers her realization that this could be linked to a series of unsolved, church-related, missing persons cases.
Michael Rider used to be a decent man with a good life, but a past traumatic event with far-reaching consequences has left him dangerously close to the breaking point. Now he is receiving strange emails from an organization calling itself Whirlwind, offering him the chance to avenge himself on those who've done him wrong.
Liza and Michael will both be in their hometown of Shiloh on Christmas Eve . . . the night a raging blizzard seals off the town from the outside world . . . the night an outrage is perpetrated. And Liza will find herself at the heart of a major news story, caught in an abyss of nightmarish discovery and life-threatening danger.
"Bizarre twists and unexpected turns." —Booklist (starred review)
"Excellent. A gripping, frighteningly real and very disturbing novel." —David Suchet, author of Poirot and Me
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this well-crafted standalone from Norman (Fear and Loathing and six other Sam Becket thrillers), the Reaper, a self-proclaimed psychopath and serial killer, stalks New England. Meanwhile, Michael Rider, the scion of a prominent family, is in a downward emotional spiral, and Liza Plain has become a copy editor and ghostwriter for blogs, abandoning her dreams of being a journalist in the mold of Dan Rather and Connie Chung. Discovering what it is that unites these seemingly disparate people is the book's main pleasure. Fate brings the Reaper, Liza, and Michael together on a snow-laden Christmas Eve in the village of Shiloh, R.I., a place travelers tend to skip unless they are "aficionado of high-profile true crime stories." The literally and figuratively explosive denouement shatters some long-held illusions and brings carefully concealed secrets and unvoiced pain to the surface. Norman skillfully examines such themes as hypocrisy, cruelty, forgiveness, and redemption in this unsettling novel.
