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Wisely taking the advice given to him by legendary mystery writer Mickey Spillane -- "People don't read books to get to the middle. They read to get to the end" -- Jeffery Deaver has earned a reputation for prodigious pacing and slick suspense with his string of bestselling Lincoln Rhyme thrillers.

From International Thriller Writers come two serial novels in one major suspenseful package, from an idea by New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver.

Publishers Weekly

Fans of the TV series 24 will best appreciate this two-part serial thriller written by 22 members of International Thriller Writers. Based on an idea by Deaver (The Broken Window), who provides the opening and closing chapters of each segment, the volume recounts the adventures of middle-aged Harold Middleton, an ex-U.S. military intelligence officer. In part one, “The Chopin Manuscript,” the discovery of a previously unknown Chopin score leads to murders, betrayals, and frantic efforts to stop a villain code-named Faust from carrying out a terrorist outrage. Part two, “The Copper Bracelet,” sets Middleton and his allies on the track of a Kashmiri planning the assassination of the U.S. secretary of state. While the contributors include many of the biggest names in the genre (Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Gayle Lynds, S.J. Rozan, etc.), the constraints of the form all but assure homogenized prose, thin characters, and stock action scenes atypical of their solo work. (Jan.)

Pt. I The Chopin Manuscript

1 Jeffery Deaver 3

2 David Hewson 19

3 James Grady 29

4 S. J. Rozan 39

5 Erica Spindler 45

6 John Ramsey Miller 57

7 David Corbett 65

8 John Gilstrap 75

9 Joseph Finder 85

10 Jim Fusilli 95

11 Peter Spiegelman 105

12 Ralph Pezzullo 115

13 Lisa Scottoline 125

14 P. J. Parrish 135

15 Lee Child 143

16 Jeffery Deaver 153

17 Jeffery Deaver 165

Pt. II The Copper Bracelet

1 Jeffery Deaver 177

2 Gayle Lynds 195

3 David Hewson 205

4 Jim Fusilli 221

5 John Gilstrap 233

6 Joseph Finder 245

7 Lisa Scottoline 255

8 David Corbett 261

9 Linda Barnes 277

10 Jenny Siler 295

11 David Liss 307

12 P. J. Parrish 321

13 Brett Battles 333

14 Lee Child 345

15 Jon Land 355

16 James Phelan 373

17 Jeffery Deaver 385