Accident, The (Exp)

AsdawnapproachesinNewYork,literaryagentIsabelReedisturningthefinalpagesofamysterious,anonymousmanuscript,racingthroughtheexplosiverevelationsaboutpowerfulpeople,aswellaslong-hiddensecretsaboutherownpast.InCopenhagen,veteranCIAoperativeHaydenGray,determinedthatthissweepingstorybeburied,issuddenlystaringdownthebarrelofanunexpectedgun.AndinZurich,theauthorhimselfishidinginashadowyexpatlife,tryingtoatoneforalifetimesworthofliesandbetrayalswithpublicationofTheAccident,whilealwayslookingoverhisshoulder.Overthecourseofonelong,desperate,increasinglyperilousday,theselivescollideasthebookbeginsitsdangerousmarchtowardpublication,towardsavingorruiningcareersandcompanies,placingeverythingatriskandeveryoneinmortalperil.Therichcastofcharactersinpublishingandfilm,politicsandespionageareallforcedtoconfronttheconsequencesoftheirambitions,theschismsbetweentheiridealselvesandthepeopletheyactuallybecame.TheactionrocketsaroundEuropeandacrossAmerica,withanintricatewebofduplicitiesstretchingbackaquarter-centurytoadarkwindingroadinupstateNewYork,wheretheshockingtruthabouttheaccidentitselfisburied.Gripping,sophisticated,layered,andimpossibletoputdown,TheAccidentprovesonceagainthatChrisPavoneisatruemasterofsuspense.