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The Chain

By: Adrian McKinty
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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VICTIM.
SURVIVOR.
ABDUCTOR.
CRIMINAL.
YOU WILL BECOME EACH ONE.

'Starting THE CHAIN is like climbing aboard a runaway train. You'll miss meals, sleep, and your stop on the bus - guaranteed.'
VAL McDERMID

'Incredibly propulsive and original. You won't shake it for a long time.'
STEPHEN KING

'Scary, plausible, gripping ... If you like compelling storytelling, this taut thriller is going to be your summer holiday read.'
IAN RANKIN

'I may not read a better thriller in my lifetime. It just doesn't get any better than THE CHAIN.'
STEVE CAVANAGH

* * * * *

YOUR PHONE RINGS.

A STRANGER HAS KIDNAPPED YOUR CHILD.

TO FREE THEM YOU MUST ABDUCT SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILD.

YOUR CHILD WILL BE RELEASED WHEN YOUR VICTIM'S PARENTS KIDNAP ANOTHER CHILD.

IF ANY OF THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN:
YOUR CHILD WILL BE KILLED.

YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE CHAIN

* * * * *

'A masterpiece. You will never be able to forget it.'
DON WINSLOW

'A unique and unforgettable thriller. Breath-taking, breakneck, brilliant.'
MARK BILLINGHAM

'Terrifying. Terrific.'
MICK HERRON

'Striking, memorable, should be savoured.'
TANA FRENCH

'THE CHAIN does for parenting what Gone Girl did for marriage. A must-read thriller.'
JAMES SWALLOW

'Inventive, tense, unputdownable - THE CHAIN is the real deal.'
TIM WEAVER

'Diabolical, unnerving, relentless.'
DENNIS LEHANE

'An electrifying thriller - one of the very best of its kind'
FIONA CUMMINS

'A first-rate edge-of-your-seat thriller. I can't believe what went through my mind while reading it.'
ATTICA LOCKE

'Gripping, nail-biting, convincing.'
MEG GARDINER

'Brutally compelling.'
MASON CROSS

'Staggeringly brilliant. Gripping, propulsive, profoundly affecting.'
LIAM McILLVANNEY

'Relentless from the first page to the last. Clever, uncompromising, and gripping.'
LUCA VESTE

'This is the thriller of the year.'
SJI HOLLIDAY

"YOU ARE NOT THE FIRST.
AND YOU WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE THE LAST." ©2019 Adrian McKinty (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group Crime Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Disappearance Crime Fiction Exciting Scary
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I read a newspaper article about Adrian McKinty being saved from the workhouse by this book so bought the audio version on the day it was released to see what all the fuss was about. Whatever the content, I knew I'd be in heaven listening to January LaVoy, who is a voice performer par excellence and her tones would have no trouble turning a sow's ear into a silk purse. Possessing neither of these objects was no deterrent to gaining an enormous amount of pleasure from Ms LaVoy's considerable skills with a microphone. Sheer, unmitigated delight. The book itself however, was more of an issue. Usually it is my wont to listen to audio books whilst going about my daily routine; walking the dogs, peeling potatoes, ambling around the living room with a feather duster pretending to achieve some form of home cleanliness, but I wasn't able to do these things whilst listening to The Chain. Instead, the family came home to find the dogs peeled, the potatoes well-walked and me standing stock still in the middle of lounge, clutching the duster, transfixed. I couldn't do a thing, it must be what it's like to be a man, unable to complete two tasks simultaneously, but I was most discombobulated by the experience. From the very first paragraph Mr McKinty has created a story so terrifyingly possible, so scarily believable that I could hardly breathe, (luckily my oxygen mask from the cabin over my head descended, so I was fine - no one panic). There is no let up in pace, I was whisked from horror to horror at such speed, I almost bumped into myself coming back in the opposite direction. Completely compelling, enormously engrossing and utterly unputdownable, (I'm just making words up now). It comes as no surprise that The Chain has made Adrian McKinty safe from the clutches of the workhouse. Be warned though, you may find yourself so caught up in this tale you are unable to attend to normal life and, as a consequence, may end up as a workhouse resident. A totally fabulous, mess-with-your-head, test your morals and ethics, keep you thinking forever book you simply must, must, must listen to or read right NOW. You can always thank me later.

Brilliantly shocking

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this is overall one of my favourite books! So well written with a narrator tbat suits the book perfectly!

my favourite thriller

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I love Adrian McKinty books, even the somewhat off the wall ones. I never doubted that he wrote them all. But this one seemed as if it could have been written by anyone. Run of the mill really.

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It's quite rare for me to want to keep myself awake at night, just to finish an Audible book, but I did last night. And I usually try to make books last, but I finished this in 26 hours. This book took the thriller novel to a whole new level and it had a very unique storyline. As I listened, I kept thinking it would make a brilliant film, and I've just heard that a film is being made;brilliant! I both admire and am horrified by the mind that can make up a story like this. I'll definitely be following this guy.

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First half was gripping! second half was a little predictable but enjoyable all the same!

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