Long Gone - Softcover

Burke, Alafair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062017942 ISBN 13: 9780062017949

Publisher: Harper Large Print, 2011

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2011-06-21 Pages: 544 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US How well do you know your boss After a layoff and months of struggling. Alice Humphrey finally lands her dream job managing a new art gallery in Manhattan's trendy Meatpacking District . According to Drew Campbell. the well-suited corporate representative who hires her. the gallery is a passion project for its anonymous. wealthy. and eccentric owner. Everything is perfect until the morning Alice arrives at work to find the gallery gone-the space stripped bare as if it had never been there-and Drew Campbell's dead body on the floor. Overnight. Alice's dream job has vanished. and she finds herself at the center of a police investigation. with the evidence mounting against her. To prove her innocence and uncover the truth. Alice must undertake a dangerous search for answers that entangles her in a dar...

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Review:

"Alafair Burke's first standalone is an absolutely riveting must read--and the ending is a shocker you'll never see coming."--Lisa Scottoline, New York Times-bestselling author of Save Me

"Blistering.... As carefully plotted as a surgeon's heart transplant.... [Burke] writes with style, class and precision; just try to guess the identity of the killer here. A-"--Les Roberts, Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Sensational.... Exciting.... Alice is a compelling heroine and the nightmare she finds herself dropped into is scary believable."--Carole E. Barrowman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Addictive.... Alafair Burke delivers her best book to date with her first stand-alone thriller.... A masterful read. Humphrey is an everywoman, and readers will care about what happens to her.... Compelling."--Jeff Ayers, Associated Press

"Long Gone is a tremendous novel, and Alafair Burke is one of the finest young crime writers working today."--Dennis Lehane, New York Times-bestselling author of Moonlight Mile

"Long Gone is a red-hot firecracker of a thriller with all the right stuff-perfect pacing, plotting, and suspense. If you already love Alafair Burke's novels, buckle up for her best book ever. If you haven't read her yet, the time is now."--Lisa Unger, New York Times-bestselling author of Darkness My Old Friend

"Alafair Burke understands the criminal mind. Long Gone is both an education and an entertainment of the first order. This is a very clever and very smart novel by a very clever and smart writer. The dialogue crackles, the plot is intriguing, and the pacing is perfect."--Nelson DeMille, New York Times-bestselling author of The Lion

"Long Gone is the type of book that should come with a warning. It's a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending will leave you breathless."--Karin Slaughter, New York Times-bestselling author of Fallen

"Burke's first stand-alone novel is a chilling psychological thriller which weaves disparate characters together in a web of revenge, deceit and betrayal. This clever, twisting plot serves up numerous victims and numerous criminals--plus police who can't be bothered with the truth."--Romantic Times (4 1/2 Stars)

From the Back Cover:

How well do you know your boss?

After a layoff and months of struggling, Alice Humphrey finally lands her dream job managing a new art gallery in Manhattan's trendy Meatpacking District. According to Drew Campbell, the well-suited corporate representative who hires her, the gallery is a passion project for its anonymous, wealthy, and eccentric owner.

Everything is perfect until the morning Alice arrives at work to find the gallery gone--the space stripped bare as if it had never been there--and Drew Campbell's dead body on the floor. Overnight, Alice's dream job has vanished, and she finds herself at the center of a police investigation, with the evidence mounting against her. To prove her innocence and uncover the truth, Alice must undertake a dangerous search for answers that entangles her in a dark, high-tech criminal conspiracy and forces her to unearth long-hidden secrets involving her own family . . . secrets that could cost Alice her life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Large Print
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062017942
• ISBN 13: 9780062017949
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544