Watchlist: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159315559X ISBN 13: 9781593155599

Publisher: Vanguard Press, 2010

Synopsis

Watchlist is a unique collaboration by twenty-one of the world’s greatest thriller writers including Lee Child, Joseph Finder, David Hewson, S.J. Rozan, Lisa Scottoline, and Jeffery Deaver, who conceived the characters and set the plot in motion; In turn, the other authors each wrote a chapter and Deaver then completed what he started, bringing each novel to its startling conclusion.

The Chopin Manuscript

Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a previously unknown score by Frédéric Chopin. But he is unaware that, locked within its handwritten notes, lies a secret that now threatens the lives of thousands of Americans.

The Copper Bracelet

Harold Middleton returns in this explosive sequel to The Chopin Manuscript as he’s drawn into an international terror plot that threatens to send India and Pakistan into full-scale nuclear war.

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About the Author

International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) was founded in 2004 and is the largest group of thriller writers in the world, representing over two billion books in print, with over one hundred New York Times bestselling authors on its roster. ITW is an innovator in creating unusual marketing opportunities to promote its author’s books and expand the reach of the genre. Founded by Gayle Lynds and David Morrell, the board of directors has included such luminaries as Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, James Rollins, Jon Land, Carla Neggers, MJ Rose, Douglas Preston, and David Dun. ITW’s first anthology, the bestselling Thriller, edited by James Patterson, has sold over 150,000 copies.

Contributors Include:

Jeffery Deaver
Linda Barnes
Brett Battles
Lee Child
David Corbett
Joseph Finder
Jim Fusilli
John Gilstrap
James Grady
David Hewson
David Liss
Gayle Lynds
John Ramsey Miller
P.J. Parrish
Ralph Pezzullo
MJ Rose
S.J. Rozan
Lisa Scottoline
Jenny Siler
Erica Spindler
Peter Spiegelman

From AudioFile

Twenty-one members of International Thriller Writers, headed by Jeffery Deaver, collaborated on these two serial novellas of intrigue. The first, THE CHOPIN MANUSCRIPT (winner of the 2008 Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year), tells of a team of war crimes investigators headed by a musical manuscript expert. Although written by 15 different writers, the story is consistent, enthralling, and well told. The second novella, THE COPPER BRACELET, doesn't hold up as well. Featuring the same set of characters, it is nevertheless disjointed, inconsistent, and forced. Alfred Molina's phenomenal reading does much to allay the problems of the second novella. His sense of character and his ability to switch convincingly from one nationality to another help pull the disparate halves of WATCHLIST together. Other contributors include David Hewson, S.J. Rozan, Erica Spindler, Joseph Finder, Lisa Scottoline, Lee Child, Linda Barnes, Brett Battles, and Gayle Lynds, among others. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Vanguard Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 159315559X
• ISBN 13: 9781593155599
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 404