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From the author of the New York Times-bestselling and Edgar Award-winning The Expats   As dawn approaches in New York, literary agent Isabel Reed is turning the final pages of a mysterious, anonymous manuscript, racing through the explosive revelations about powerful people, as well as long-hidden secrets about her own past. In Copenhagen, veteran CIA operative Hayden Gray, determined that this sweeping story be buried, is suddenly staring down the barrel of an unexpected gun. And in Zurich, the author himself is hiding in a shadowy expat life, trying to atone for a lifetime’s worth of lies and betrayals with publication of The Accident, while always looking over his shoulder. Over the course of one long, desperate, increasingly perilous day, these lives collide as the book begins its dangerous march toward publication, toward saving or ruining careers and companies, placing everything at risk—and everyone in mortal peril.  The rich cast of characters—in publishing and film, politics and espionage—are all forced to confront the consequences of their ambitions, the schisms between their ideal selves and the people they actually became. The action rockets around Europe and across America, with an intricate web of duplicities stretching back a quarter-century to a dark winding road in upstate New York, where the shocking truth about the accident itself is buried. Gripping, sophisticated, layered, and impossible to put down, The Accident proves once again that Chris Pavone is a true master of suspense.

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Praise for The Expats Sly. . . . Pavone strengthens this book with a string of head-spinning revelations in its last pages. . . . The tireless scheming of all four principals truly exceeds all sane expectations. -- The New York Times Bombshell-a-minute. . . . Pavone creates a fascinating, complicated hero. -- Entertainment Weekly A gripping spy drama and an artful study of the sometimes cat-and-mouse game of marriage. -- Family Circle Smartly executed. . . . Pavone is full of sharp insights into the parallels between political espionage and marital duplicity. . . . Thoroughly captivating. -- The New York Times Book Review Superb. . . . [Pavone] expertly draws readers along with well-timed clues and surprises. . . . An engineering marvel. -- Richmond Times-Dispatch Expertly and intricately plotted, with a story spiraling into disaster and a satisfyingly huge amount of double-crossing, The Expats certainly doesn't feel like a first novel. This is an impressively assured entry to the thriller scene. -- The Guardian (London) Refreshingly original. . . . Part Ludlum in the pacing, part Le Carre in the complexity of story and character, but mostly Chris Pavone. . . . A thriller so good that you wonder what other ideas [Pavone] has up his cloak, right alongside the obligatory dagger. -- The Star-Ledger Amazing. . . . Impossible to put down. . . . Pavone invokes memories of the great writers of spy fiction of the past, and he has the chops to be mentioned with the best of them. --Associated Press A blast. . . . Pavone is spinning a fantastic tale with action that spans the globe. -- Dallas Morning News Highly entertaining. -- Mystery Scene Thoroughly enjoyable. -- Suspense Magazine Hard to put down. -- San Francisco Bay Guardian Stunningly assured. . . . An intricate, suspenseful plot that is only resolved in the final pages. -- Booklist (sta

[Pavone] has outdone himself with this amazing thriller. . . . Full of constant surprises [ The Accident ] is jam-packed with everything from media moguls to conspiracies. This is a truly great read! -- Suspense Magazine Pavone's plot twists tirelessly, shifting focus among a large cast of well-drawn characters. . . . Many readers will read this one through the night. --Booklist (starred review) [An] engaging thriller, driven by compelling portraits of desperate characters. --Library Journal Pavone knows the formula for a best-seller and keeps the reader turning the pages. --Kirkus Chris Pavone's many fans will not be disappointed with The Accident, his fast-paced, twisting, smart follow-up to The Expats. Cleverly plotted, filled with surprises, a terrific read. --William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob The world of book publishing has never been more perilous or mesmerizing than in Chris Pavone's dizzyingly good follow-up to The Expats. The dark eruption of long-buried secrets, complex betrayals further snagged by sex and greed, and eleventh-hour desperate gambits for reinvention all propel a whirlwind story that will keep you up way past your bedtime. Crafty, stylish, satisfying. --Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife Clever, sophisticated, and propulsive. I am constantly awed by Chris Pavone's writing. He's already one of the best in the thriller business. --Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Paranoia and Suspicion Praise for The Expats Sly. . . . Pavone strengthens this book with a string of head-spinning revelations in its last pages. . . . The tireless scheming of all four principals truly exceeds all sane expectations. -- The New York Times Bombshell-a-minute. . . . Pavone creates a fascinating, complicated hero. -- Entertainment Weekly A gripping spy drama and an

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Chris Pavone's novel The Expats was a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestseller, and winner of Edgar and Anthony awards for best first novel. Chris grew up in Brooklyn, graduated from Cornell, and was a book editor for nearly two decades, as well as an expat in Luxembourg, but now lives again in New York City with his wife and children. The Accident is his second novel.

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