Book description
It starts with you waking on a Maine beach, naked, half-drowned and
very, very cold.
Your name is Daniel Hayes. At least, you think it is. That's the
name on the insurance card you find in the BMW parked near you. How
did you get here? And why?
All you remember is a woman's face. So you set off to the only place
you might find her.
But this raises the most chilling question of all: what will you
find when you get there?
From Lee Child . . .
"Like any reader, I love old favourites . . . but I love new
voices too, and I especially love it when a new voice starts to become
an old favourite. It doesn't happen often, but right now it's
happening with Marcus Sakey. He's got it all. he writes like a dream,
he creates characters exactly like people you know, he scares you, and
above all keeps you turning the pages.
But most of all he does the 'what if' thing better than anyone in
the business.
'What if' questions power a lot of plots, but Sakey is special. He
doesn't just check a box or construct a neat twist for the sake of it.
Reading him between the lines, I guarantee he lives this stuff. . . he
thinks it through and sweats it out, probably for weeks at a time. I
can see him, looking around at all the things he loves, looking at his
house, turning and looking at his wife, asking himself, 'What if? What
if I had to put all this at risk? Would I? Could I? How would it feel?
What would be the effect on me?'
It's that kind of depth and intelligence and passion and emotion
that sets Sakey apart. These are not just clever plots. These are real
people with night sweats and wide eyes and everything to lose.
The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes takes 'what if' in a new
direction and to new heights. Every writer muses, 'What if the reader
isn't sure whether the husband killed his wife, or not?' That's a
basic whodunit. But Sakey asks, 'What if the husband isn't sure
whether he killed his wife, or not?' That's a terrific premise, and it
boosts an already-terrific thriller plot into the stratosphere."
Marcus Sakey is the award-winning author of four previous
novels, including No Turning Back and Good People (both
of which are in development as feature films). He lives in Chicago
with his wife and daughter.
www. marcussakey. com
Follow him @MarcusSakey
