In this finely crafted book, a departure from his more ambitious thrillers, author Deaver works with a more focused plot and fewer characters. John Pellam is working on a documentary about the people who live in Hell's Kitchen, a rough New York neighborhood. His principal subject is Ettie Washington, a seventy-two-year-old black woman who has lived in the area her entire life. One day, while walking up the stairs to Ettie's apartment to tape yet another interview, Pellam is caught in a fiery explosion that decimates the building, injures Ettie and kills a child. The authorities quickly conclude that the fire was the work of a young arsonist named Sonny. Based on their limited evidence, they further suggest that Sonny was hired by the elderly Ettie as part of an insurance scam. Convinced of Ettie's innocence, Pellam shoulders his camera and begins asking questions throughout the neighborhood. In his search for leads, the filmmaker crosses paths with a Cuban gang member, a homeless kid and a billionaire real estate developer, among others. In Hell's Kitchen, every character has a hidden agenda that is only revealed at the exciting climax.
Jennifer Braunschweiger
Writing as William Jeffries, New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Deaver, the “master of ticking-bomb suspense” (People), delivers a thrilling novel that “exposes the brutal side of the Big Apple” (Publishers Weekly).
Every New York City neighborhood has a story, but what John Pellam uncovers in Hell's Kitchen has a darkness all its own. The Hollywood location scout and former stuntman is in the Big Apple hoping to capture the unvarnished memories of longtime Kitchen residents-such as Ettie Washington-in a no¿budget documentary film. But when a suspicious fire ravages the elderly woman's crumbling tenement, Pellam realizes that someone might want the past to stay buried.
As more buildings and lives go up in flames, Pellam takes to the streets, seeking the twisted pyromaniac who sells services to the highest bidder. But Pellam is unaware that the fires are merely flickering preludes to the arsonist's ultimate masterpiece, a conflagration of nearly unimaginable proportion, with Hell's Kitchen-and John Pellam-at its blackened and searing epicenter.
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Every New York City neighborhood has a story, but what John Pellam uncovers in Hell's Kitchen has a darkness all its own. The Hollywood location scout and former stuntman is in the Big Apple hoping to capture the unvarnished memories of longtime Kitchen residents-such as Ettie Washington-in a no¿budget documentary film. But when a suspicious fire ravages the elderly woman's crumbling tenement, Pellam realizes that someone might want the past to stay buried.
As more buildings and lives go up in flames, Pellam takes to the streets, seeking the twisted pyromaniac who sells services to the highest bidder. But Pellam is unaware that the fires are merely flickering preludes to the arsonist's ultimate masterpiece, a conflagration of nearly unimaginable proportion, with Hell's Kitchen-and John Pellam-at its blackened and searing epicenter.
Hell's Kitchen
Writing as William Jeffries, New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Deaver, the “master of ticking-bomb suspense” (People), delivers a thrilling novel that “exposes the brutal side of the Big Apple” (Publishers Weekly).
Every New York City neighborhood has a story, but what John Pellam uncovers in Hell's Kitchen has a darkness all its own. The Hollywood location scout and former stuntman is in the Big Apple hoping to capture the unvarnished memories of longtime Kitchen residents-such as Ettie Washington-in a no¿budget documentary film. But when a suspicious fire ravages the elderly woman's crumbling tenement, Pellam realizes that someone might want the past to stay buried.
As more buildings and lives go up in flames, Pellam takes to the streets, seeking the twisted pyromaniac who sells services to the highest bidder. But Pellam is unaware that the fires are merely flickering preludes to the arsonist's ultimate masterpiece, a conflagration of nearly unimaginable proportion, with Hell's Kitchen-and John Pellam-at its blackened and searing epicenter.
Every New York City neighborhood has a story, but what John Pellam uncovers in Hell's Kitchen has a darkness all its own. The Hollywood location scout and former stuntman is in the Big Apple hoping to capture the unvarnished memories of longtime Kitchen residents-such as Ettie Washington-in a no¿budget documentary film. But when a suspicious fire ravages the elderly woman's crumbling tenement, Pellam realizes that someone might want the past to stay buried.
As more buildings and lives go up in flames, Pellam takes to the streets, seeking the twisted pyromaniac who sells services to the highest bidder. But Pellam is unaware that the fires are merely flickering preludes to the arsonist's ultimate masterpiece, a conflagration of nearly unimaginable proportion, with Hell's Kitchen-and John Pellam-at its blackened and searing epicenter.
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BN ID: | 2940170804597 |
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Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date: | 12/01/2009 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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