The Never List - Hardcover

Zan, Koethi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670026514 ISBN 13: 9780670026517

Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books, 2013

Synopsis

An international bestseller from the most relentless, deeply disturbing thriller writer since Jeffery Deaver and Gillian Flynn

For years, best friends Sarah and Jennifer kept what they called the “Never List”: a list of actions to be avoided, for safety’s sake, at all costs. But one night, against their best instincts, they accept a cab ride with grave, everlasting consequences. For the next three years, they are held captive with two other girls in a dungeon-like cellar by a connoisseur of sadism.

Ten years later, at thirty-one, Sarah is still struggling to resume a normal life, living as a virtual recluse under a new name, unable to come to grips with the fact that Jennifer didn’t make it out of that cellar. Now, her abductor is up for parole and Sarah can no longer ignore the twisted letters he sends from jail.

Finally, Sarah decides to confront her phobias and the other survivors—who hold their own deep grudges against her. When she goes on a cross-country chase that takes her into the perverse world of BDSM, secret cults, and the arcane study of torture, she begins unraveling a mystery more horrifying than even she could have imagined.

A shocking, blazingly fast read, Koethi Zan’s debut is a must for fans of Karin Slaughter, Laura Lippman, and S.J. Watson.

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Review:

"Throat-clutching from the outset! The Never List stands as a sterling example of psychological thriller writing at its best. Cancel appointments and give up on sleep. It's that kind of book" (Jeffery Deaver)

"Sent icicles down my spine. One of the scariest thrillers I've ever read. This should be on every mystery reader's must-read list" (Tess Gerritsen)

"Instantly enthralling and relentlessly addictive, The Never List will have your eyes boggling and your jaw dangling from the very start - not least because of an absolutely genius humdinger of a twist... A thrilling, frightening, fast-paced and thought-provoking triumph of a debut. Turn off your phone and disable the doorbell, because you will not want to be disturbed" (Heat)

"A read-in-one-go sort of book, and if you’re after a genuinely disturbing thriller to take on holiday this summer, it’ll be hard to beat" (Alison Flood Observer)

"From the first page of The Never List you have to know how this terrifying book will possibly end...it’s impossible to put down. Even a casual glance will tell you this is no ordinary thriller: you will lose sleep over it. A book to devour in one sitting" (Elizabeth Haynes)

Book Description:

ESCAPE IS JUST THE BEGINNING... A shocking, edge-of-your seat thriller from a stunning new voice in crime fiction

About this edition

• Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0670026514
• ISBN 13: 9780670026517
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 303