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Dave Gurney #1
Broadway
June 2012
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Featuring: Dave Gurney
432 pages
ISBN: 0307885453
EAN: 9780307885456
Kindle: B0036S4ATA
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Thriller | Suspense
An extraordinary fiction debut, Think of a Number is
an exquisitely plotted novel of suspense that grows
relentlessly darker and more frightening as its pace
accelerates, forcing its deeply troubled characters to
moments of startling self-revelation. Arriving in the mail over a period of weeks are taunting
letters that end with a simple declaration, “Think of any
number…picture it…now see how well I know your
secrets.” Amazingly, those who comply find that the
letter writer has predicted their random choice
exactly. For Dave Gurney, just retired as the NYPD’s
top homicide investigator and forging a new life with his
wife, Madeleine, in upstate New York, the letters are
oddities that begin as a diverting puzzle but quickly ignite
a massive serial murder investigation. What police are confronted with is a completely baffling
killer, one who is fond of rhymes filled with threats and
warnings, whose attention to detail is unprecedented, and
who has an uncanny knack for disappearing into thin
air. Even more disturbing, the scale of his ambition
seems to widen as events unfold. Brought in as an investigative consultant, Dave Gurney soon
accomplishes deductive breakthroughs that leave local police
in awe. Yet, even as he matches wits with his
seemingly clairvoyant opponent, Gurney’s tragedy-marred past
rises up to haunt him, his marriage approaches a dangerous
precipice, and finally, a dark, cold fear builds that he’s
met an adversary who can’t be stopped.
In the
end, fighting to keep his bearings amid a whirlwind of
menace and destruction, Gurney sees the truth of what he’s
become – what we all become when guilty memories fester –
and how his wife Madeleine’s clear-eyed advice may be the
only answer that makes sense. A work that defies easy labels -- at once a propulsive
masterpiece of suspense and an absorbing immersion in the
lives of characters so real we seem to hear their heartbeats
– Think of a Number is a novel you’ll not soon forget.
Dave Gurney
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