A perfect example of a summer beach read. Choose Expedited Shipping at checkout for delivery by, Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, Best Mystery Nominees->2020 Macavity Awards, Best Thriller Nominees->2020 Barry Awards, October 2020 Barnes & Noble Monthly Picks, House of Spies (Gabriel Allon Series #17), The English Girl (Gabriel Allon Series #13), The English Spy (Gabriel Allon Series #15), Natchez Burning (Natchez Burning Trilogy #1) (Penn Cage Series #4), The Bone Tree (Natchez Burning Trilogy #2) (Penn Cage Series #5), Desolation Mountain (Cork O'Connor Series #17), Windigo Island (Cork O'Connor Series #14). Reviews & Interviews; Publisher: Mulholland Books Year: 2019 Synopsis: YOUR PHONE RINGS. THE CHAIN by Adrian McKinty RELEASE DATE: July 9, 2019 For every child kidnapped, another must be taken. The morning starts like any other. While Rachel scrambles to get the money together (even though it isn't about the money, she is told) and pick a child to steal, it becomes clear that she is being tracked and her every move is being monitored. 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"Linwood Barclay, #1 internationally bestselling author of Never Look AwayThe Chain is a rocket ship, tremendous in pace and filled with suspense. This nightmarish story is incredibly propulsive and original. But what they dont know is that they may have met their match. [16] Upon hearing of his situation, fellow crime author Don Winslow passed some of his books to his agent, the screenwriter and producer Shane Salerno. To get her daughter back alive, Rachel must not only pay a ransom, but also do the unthinkable: Take someone else's child, and assume the role of kidnapper herself. Brooks places the epicenter of the Bigfoot war in a high-tech hideaway populated by the kind of people you might find in a Jurassic Park franchise: the schmo who doesnt know how to do much of anything but tries anyway, the well-intentioned bleeding heart, the know-it-all intellectual who turns out to know the wrong things, the immigrant with a tough backstory and an instinct for survival. Rachel is now part of a terrifying scheme The Chain. 35 year old Rachel Klein is a divorced single mother, with 13 year old daughter, Kylie, living on Plum Island, Massachusetts. . Number of pages: 416. March 2011 by Bantam Books Torrie's Rating: The Plot (Goodreads): [] Read More. He is a winner of the Edgar Award, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, the Macavity Award, the Ned Kelly Award, the Barry Award, the Audie Award, the . In 2019 after giving up writing Adrian had a global hit with his standalone novel The Chain. His father was a boilermaker and ship's engineer and his mother a secretary. Categories: You have never read anything quite like THE CHAIN and you will never be able to forget it. . Thirteen-year-old Kylie is waiting for the school bus on Plum Island, Massachusetts, when a man and a woman pull up wearing ski masks. I asked myself again and againwould I do that? VIEW MORE at usatoday.com. CRIME & LEGAL THRILLER | latest thriller moves at a brisk pace even as she plays with narrative structure: The book is split into three sections, including a first one which alternates chapters between the time of Ellies disappearance and the present and a second section that begins as Laurel and Floyd meet. But the long arm of the crime novelist Don Winslow, the Cartel wizard who turned his own career into the kind McKinty now hopes to achieve, is also visible. Thirteen-year-old Kylie is waiting for the school bus on Plum Island, Massachusetts, when a man and a woman pull up wearing ski masks. I assumed it would be a sure thing as Im a HUGE fan of the authors other books. I first heard of the book when another author, Don Winslow, began to tout . Would I? Can Rachel be the one person to finally break The Chain? SUSPENSE | This inherent breakneck quality lends The Chain structural confidence. It was with high expectations that I embarked on Adrian McKintysThe Chain. by In the end, what makes The Chain so frighteningand why it works so well as a thrilleris that all of Rachel's actions remain completely relatable, even as she whipsaws between terror and determination, morphing from victim to perpetrator. And as brilliant The Chain is a superb construct; it's a self-perpetuating, self-disciplining system that relies on fact that the vast majority of kidnappings are resolved quickly, bloodlessly and profitably. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. YOUR CHILD WILL BE RELEASED WHEN YOUR VICTIMS PARENTS KIDNAP ANOTHER CHILD. McKinty returned to writing after the book landed him a six-figure English-language book deal, and was optioned for a film adaptation by Paramount Pictures. Buy "The Chain" on iTunes Inspired by the "exchange kidnappings" that take place in Mexico and the old-school chain letters of his childhood, crime novelist McKinty (Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly, 2017, etc.) The Chain is diabolical, unnerving, and gives a whole new meaning to the word 'relentless.'. Terrific. Current price is $16.99, Original price is $18.99. Rachel Klein is every mother. Its called the Chain, and its a Ponzi scheme from hell: if you dont keep the chain going by becoming a kidnapper, and if the next parents dont kidnap a child in turn, your child dies. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, Buy One, Get One 50% Off Books for All Ages. SCIENCE FICTION | [3][4], After graduating from Oxford in 1993, McKinty moved to New York and found work in a number of occupations: security guard, barman, bookstore clerk, rugby coach, door to door salesman and librarian for the Columbia University Library. Its a fast read with plenty of excitement and emotion. Rachel Klein drops her daughter, Kylie, at the bus stop and heads into her day. As Rachel becomes more determined to bring the whole chain down, McKinty loses a bit of narrative credibility; more frustratingly, in the back half of the book, he slows down, adding fat to. Winners announced at the Audie Awards Gala in New York City on May 28th hosted by award winning author Jack Gantos", "2015 Shortlist | Australian Crime Writers Association", "Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the Nominees for the 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Awards", "bloody delighted to be shortlisted for best mystery audiobook! . I got shortlisted for an Edgar, won a couple of awards, and so then that set me on that path for the next six years of reluctantly, kind of being dragged into writing about Northern Ireland in the 1980s". THRILLER | How closely can we be tracked? It's something parents do every morning: Rachel Klein drops her daughter at the bus stop and heads into her day. Entertaining and definitely a page turner but probably not a book you want to analyze to death as it does have some problems along the way. Far fetched and contrived would be the two words that immediately come to mind. Further details on how this Booklover Book Reviews site manages data can be found in our Privacy Policy. takes what at first seems like a fantastical scenario and imbues it with all the terror, stress, trauma, and messiness of reality. Her brain tells her to run, but she doesnt make the correct split-second decision, and she is taken at gunpoint. In 1999, while his wife studied for a Fulbright in Israel, McKinty played loose head prop forward for the Jerusalem Lions Rugby Club. The Chain Adrian McKinty 3.80 89,970 ratings12,229 reviews Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Mystery & Thriller (2019) It's something parents do every morning: Rachel Klein drops her daughter at the bus stop and heads into her day. Pam Grier reflects on her most iconic roles, from, Motherhood meets the sci-fi surreal in Helen Phillips brilliant, Looking for a mind-bending summer read? B. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. The Chain, Adrian McKintys unashamedly commercial new stand-alone thriller, features a chilling plot and seems written for the big screen. Paddy Hirsch is an editor at NPR's Planet Money. New Thriller 'The Chain' Has An Origin Almost As Exciting As Its Plot. The kind that threatened you with plagues and curses if you didnt strictly follow their instructions?