Scorpion
THE GRIPPING CAT-AND-MOUSE THRILLER, PERFECT FOR FANS OF MINORITY REPORT AND BLAKE CROUCH 'Will have you on the edge of your seat' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'An mind-blowing speculative techno thriller with a killer twist!' DIANE JEFFREY _________ All over the world, random people are being brutally assassinated. Each death is unique, but they all have one thing in common: four numbers branded or carved into the victims' flesh. What does it mean? For the brilliant and haunted CIA analyst Quinn Mitchell, it means leaving a safe and predictable desk job as she tries to track down a global serial killer. What she doesn't know is that nothing about this mission - her handlers, the intelligence, even the laws of cause and effect - can be trusted. And her target has saved his most shocking murder for last . . . _________ 'A fast-paced near future thriller that will mess with your head' JAMES OSWALD 'This stunning debut thriller will have you on the edge of your seat' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'A cat-and-mouse, edge-of-your-seat, mind-blowing speculative techno thriller with a killer twist!' DIANE JEFFREY
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Fiction
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Shadowed tone · Urgent pace
A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.
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- ISBN-13
- 978-0-2413-7133-6
- Language
- English
- Edition record
- OL34706393M
A more thoughtful way into this book
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A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.
Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.
Read for connection, not completion.
Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.
Three questions to carry with you
- What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
- Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
- What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?
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