Exit Strategy: A Novel

by Charlton Pettus

Overview

When crooked politicians, deposed dictators and white-collar criminals need to disappear, there’s Exit Strategy. With just one call, Exit Strategy helps these wealthy-but-wanted types fake their own death, get a new name and face, and launder whatever ill-gotten funds they need to start a new life.

When Jordan Parrish, the brilliant founder of a start-up, made the call to Exit Strategy, he thought he had no other way out. But afterward, he began to wonder about the circumstances that led him to make that decision: was someone, in fact, working against him? To find out, Jordan will have to break the cardinal rule of Exit Strategy: you can never, ever go back.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781335994677
Publisher:	Hanover Square Press
Publication date:	04/23/2019
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Charlton Pettus is a songwriter and producer living in Los Angeles. Since 2000 he has been a member of Tears for Fears, producing their last record and touring with the band as lead guitarist. Exit Strategy is his first novel.

Editorial Reviews

Haven’t we all, at one time or another, wanted to escape into a brand-new, unencumbered existence? … Pettus captures the excitement of waking up in a strange country with a lot of money in your pocket.” —New York Times Book Review

“Cerebral and visceral, this is a top-notch thriller.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A continent-hopping game of cat and mouse. This fast-paced debut thriller will appeal to fans of Christopher Reich and Harlan Coben.” —Booklist

“A fast and satisfying read, Exit Strategy captures the magic of The Fugitive and wraps it in the shining chrome of a techno-thriller. It’s a white-knuckle ride that just might teach you something about bio-tech before it’s over." —Daniel H. Wilson, bestselling author of Robopocalypse and The Clockwork Dynasty

"Exit Strategy is a winner. A smart, fast-paced, expertly written thriller that rockets around the globe gathering speed all the way to its satisfying conclusion. Part Ludlum, part Crichton, part Coben, it's a grabber from page one and gives new meaning to the words: 'be careful what you wish for!'" —Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Deception

“Exit Strategy demonstrates the way a thriller should work, as it continually defeats the reader’s expectation of what is about to happen. Pettus is in thorough control of his intricate story and capably takes the reader along for the ride.” —Michael Tolkin, author of Among the Dead and NK3

"A fast-paced, high-tech, emotional thriller." —Gumshoe Review

From the Publisher

★ 03/05/2018
Brilliant scientist and biotech startup founder Jordan Parrish, the hero of songwriter and producer Pettus’s terrific first novel, is in despair. His marriage to Stephanie, his Harvard professor wife, is falling apart after the recent death of their baby, and his company is failing. Jordan decides it’s in the best interest of Stephanie and his two surviving children to call on Exit Strategy, a service that helps wealthy people in trouble disappear. When he steps out of his Boston office, he’s immediately spirited away to a new life under a different name. Jordan comes to regret his choice to separate permanently from his loved ones, and, with a single “like” of Stephanie’s Instagram photo, sets in motion a cascade of events that he can barely control. By violating Exit Strategy’s no-contact rule, he puts his own life at risk, as well as those of his wife and kids. Jordan is no trained assassin like Bourne or Bond, but he does push his body and mind to the limit in his attempt to return to his family. Cerebral and visceral, this is a top-notch thriller. Agent: Stephen Barbara, Inkwell Management. (May)

Publishers Weekly