Elevator Pitch
Book Feature - Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
Book Feature - Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
HBL Note: In all of my author interviews I ask with which book character the author would like to be stuck in an elevator. I usually imagine them sitting on the floor having long talks while they wait for the elevator to be fixed. But after reading Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay I might be imagining them in a much different scenario. I am certainly reconsidering which book character I’d want to be stuck in an elevator with, now I want someone who can get me out of there right away! Scroll down to read more about this page-turning thriller.
Book Feature - Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
From the publisher:
It all begins on a Monday, when four people board an elevator in a Manhattan office tower. Each presses a button for their floor, but the elevator proceeds, non-stop, to the top. Once there, it stops for a few seconds, and then plummets.
Right to the bottom of the shaft.
It appears to be a horrific, random tragedy. But then, on Tuesday, it happens again, in a different Manhattan skyscraper. And when Wednesday brings yet another high-rise catastrophe, one of the most vertical cities in the world—and the nation’s capital of media, finance, and entertainment—is plunged into chaos.
Clearly, this is anything but random. This is a cold, calculated bid to terrorize the city. And it’s working. Fearing for their lives, thousands of men in women working in offices across the city refuse leave their homes. Commerce has slowed to a trickle. Emergency calls to the top floors of apartment buildings go unanswered.
Who is behind this? Why are they doing it? What do these deadly acts of sabotage have to do with the fingerless body found on the High Line? Two seasoned New York detectives and a straight-shooting journalist must race against time to find the answers before the city’s newest, and tallest, residential tower has its ribbon-cutting on Thursday.
With each diabolical twist, Linwood Barclay ratchets up the suspense, building to a shattering finale. Pulsating with tension, Elevator Pitch is a riveting tale of psychological suspense that is all too plausible . . . and will chill readers to the bone.
Book Feature - Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
