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Elevator Pitch

Autor Linwood Barclay
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 feb 2025

Reținem un roman polițist care transformă un element banal al vieții urbane într-un instrument de teroare pură. Elevator Pitch respectă rigorile genului prin ritm alert, dar subversează siguranța spațiului cotidian. Luni, un lift se prăbușește în gol. Marți, tragedia se repetă în alt turn din Manhattan. Miercuri, panica devine totală. New York-ul, cel mai vertical oraș din lume, este îngenuncheat. Nu este un accident. Este un mesaj. Notăm precizia cu care Linwood Barclay construiește această cursă contra cronometru. Tensiunea se acumulează în spații închise, unde gravitația devine inamic. Cei care au parcurs The Elevator de Claire Cooper vor fi pregătiți pentru claustrofobia și neîncrederea dintre străinii blocați între etaje, însă aici miza este extinsă la nivelul întregii metropole. În contextul operei sale, Barclay continuă explorarea vulnerabilității umane începută în No Time for Goodbye sau Take Your Breath Away, unde viața obișnuită este spulberată de evenimente violente și inexplicabile. Dacă în Look Both Ways autorul se concentra pe pericolele tehnologiei auto, aici exploatează dependența noastră de arhitectura modernă. Recomandăm această lectură pentru modul chirurgical în care autorul alternează perspectivele detectivilor cu cele ale victimelor, totul culminând cu inaugurarea de joi a unui nou zgârie-nori.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780062678294
ISBN-10: 0062678299
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm acest titlu oricărui cititor care caută un ritm intens și o premisă care transformă frica abstractă în realitate palpabilă. Veți câștiga o perspectivă nouă, deși neliniștitoare, asupra siguranței tehnologice urbane. Este alegerea perfectă pentru fanii lui James Patterson care apreciază o structură narativă densă, unde fiecare zi aduce o nouă amenințare și fiecare etaj poate fi ultimul.


Despre autor

Linwood Barclay, fost editorialist la Toronto Star, este un autor de succes internațional, recunoscut pentru măiestria sa în domeniul thrillerului psihologic. Locuiește lângă Toronto și a scris numeroase romane apreciate de critică, precum Fear the Worst și Too Close to Home. Stilul său, marcat de experiența în jurnalism, se distinge prin claritate, observație socială și capacitatea de a construi suspensie din situații aparent domestice. Lucrările sale sunt frecvent lăudate de mari nume ale genului, precum Stephen King, consolidându-i poziția de maestru al thrillerului modern.


Descriere scurtă

"One hell of a suspense novel."Stephen King
The New York Times bestselling author of A Noise Downstairs and No Time for Goodbye returns with an edge-of-your-seat thriller that does for elevators what Psycho did for showers and Jaws did for the beach—a heart-pounding tale in which a series of disasters paralyzes New York City with fear.

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 and women working in offices across the city refuse to 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. 

Recenzii

“Read Elevator Pitch as soon as possible. It’s one hell of a suspense novel.” — Stephen King
“This novel moves as fast as a falling elevator and hits with just as much force. Linwood Barclay is a stone cold pro and Elevator Pitch is a shameless good time.” — Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman and Strange Weather
“Barclay [is] always good for a touch of cardiac arrest. . . . Chilling . . . wildly inventive and really scary.” — New York Times Book Review
“Mr. Barclay’s books are distinguished by wit and startling twists. In Elevator Pitch, he surpasses himself with a premise suited for the big screen, a plot filled with stunning surprises—and an ending that leaves the reader greatly satisfied.” — Wall Street Journal
“A vivid story with a compelling cast of characters mixed with a truly terrifying scenario. . . . Barclay has crafted a great thriller with a surprising ending and readers will sweat a little the next time they get on an elevator.” — Associated Press
“Barclay’s latest combines an engrossing, fast-moving, well-twisted modern-day plot with believable characters. Fans of psychological thrillers and the author’s previous books will love this.” — Library Journal (starred review)
Elevator Pitch is a white-knuckled ride of a book with twists on every level and an unforgettable cast of characters brought to life with Linwood Barclay’s signature flair and acuity. I gulped it down.” — Gilly Macmillan, New York Times bestselling author of What She Knew and The Nanny
“An all stops-out thriller that will keep readers’ pulses pounding, particularly those of the acrophobes among us.” — Booklist
“Gripping. . . . Readers who live on high floors will glance nervously toward the nearest stairs as they tear through this exciting thriller.” — Publishers Weekly

Notă biografică

Linwood Barclay is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty previous novels, and two thrillers for children. His books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. He wrote the screenplay adaptation for his novel Never Saw it Coming and his book The Accident has been made into a TV series in France. His novel No Time for Goodbye was a global bestseller. A native of Connecticut, he now lives in Toronto with his wife, Neetha.