Author: Linwood Barclay
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: HQ
Publication Date: 5th September 2019
Rating: 5 Stars
It all begins on a Monday, when four people board an elevator in a Manhattan office tower. Each presses a button for their floor, but the elevator proceeds, non-stop, to the top. Once there, it stops for a few seconds, and then plummets.
Right to the bottom of the shaft.
It appears to be a horrific, random tragedy. But then, on Tuesday, it happens again, in a different Manhattan skyscraper. And when Wednesday brings yet another high-rise catastrophe, one of the most vertical cities in the world – and the nation’s capital of media, finance, and entertainment – is plunged into chaos.
Clearly, this is anything but random. This is a cold, calculated bid to terrorize the city. And it’s working. Fearing for their lives, thousands of men and women working in offices across the city refuse leave their homes. Commerce has slowed to a trickle. Emergency calls to the top floors of apartment buildings go unanswered.
Who is behind this? What do these deadly acts of sabotage have to do with the fingerless body found on the High Line? Two seasoned New York detectives and a straight-shooting journalist must race against time to find the answers . . .
Pulsating with tension, Elevator Pitch is a riveting tale of psychological suspense that is all too plausible . . . and will chill readers to the bone.
I have a feeling I may be about to have nightmares from this book. I can easily say that I'm very relieved I read this while on holiday, and that my room is on a low enough level that I don't really need to use an elevator that much.
As a I suspect I may be wary of them for a while, especially having read this book and seen what technological advances can do for a lift. I'm frankly terrified.
Everything that has been described in this book feel like it could happen at any moment in New York, it is very scarily real and realistic.
This is amazingly the first book I've read by Linwood Barclay and I can now see why he has such a following. That was on exhilarating book.
At times I did wonder just who the main characters were, and just who was causing all the chaos, as the focus jumps around all over the place, but once I realised we were seeing elements of New York from various most likely relevant stances, it became easy to follow while still incredibly hard to predict.
I'm not going to say I loved it, as frankly anything that now has me worried about elevators, when I know my fitness isn't great for stairs... can't really be a good thing in my eyes,,,, it is a highly engaging story that had me completely hooked.
i suspect this may not be the last time I read this rather impressive author.
Thank you to HQ on Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
As a I suspect I may be wary of them for a while, especially having read this book and seen what technological advances can do for a lift. I'm frankly terrified.
Everything that has been described in this book feel like it could happen at any moment in New York, it is very scarily real and realistic.
This is amazingly the first book I've read by Linwood Barclay and I can now see why he has such a following. That was on exhilarating book.
At times I did wonder just who the main characters were, and just who was causing all the chaos, as the focus jumps around all over the place, but once I realised we were seeing elements of New York from various most likely relevant stances, it became easy to follow while still incredibly hard to predict.
I'm not going to say I loved it, as frankly anything that now has me worried about elevators, when I know my fitness isn't great for stairs... can't really be a good thing in my eyes,,,, it is a highly engaging story that had me completely hooked.
i suspect this may not be the last time I read this rather impressive author.
Thank you to HQ on Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
I enjoyed this one too!
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