03/24/2014
Down-on-her-luck 36-year-old Hilary Blum, the heroine of this enjoyable thriller from bestseller Gross (No Way Back), has run out of options. She's lost her job at a small marketing firm, is overwhelmed with debt, and is getting no financial help from her deadbeat ex-husband, the father of her seven-year-old autistic son, Brandon. Everything changes when, on a backcountry road between Westchester County, N.Y., and Greenwich, Conn., she sees the car ahead of her swerve to avoid a deer and roll down a steep embankment. Hilary stops her car and rushes down the slope. In the wreck she finds not only the male driver dead but also a leather satchel containing $500,000 in neat bundles of crisp one-hundred-dollar bills. In a moment of sheer desperation—and against her better judgment—Hilary swipes the cash. After beginning to pay off her debts and getting her life back on track, she discovers that this money didn't belong to the dead man himself, a Metropolitan Transit Authority worker, but rather a murderous third party who will stop at nothing to retrieve what Hilary has taken. Fearing for the safety of herself and Brandon, Hilary races against the clock to uncover the source of the illicit bounty. Readers will cheer her every step of the way heart-stopping climax. Agent: Simon Lipskar, Writers House. (Apr.)
Everything to Lose: A Novel
Narrated by Tavia Gilbert
Andrew GrossUnabridged — 9 hours, 51 minutes
Everything to Lose: A Novel
Narrated by Tavia Gilbert
Andrew GrossUnabridged — 9 hours, 51 minutes
Audiobook (Digital)
Free with a B&N Audiobooks Subscription | Cancel Anytime
Already Subscribed?
Sign in to Your BN.com Account
Related collections and offers
FREE
with a B&N Audiobooks Subscription
Overview
A determined mother becomes entangled in a murderous conspiracy to keep a twenty-year-old secret buried in this blistering thriller, set during the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, from Andrew Gross, the New York Times bestselling author of 15 Seconds and No Way Back
While driving along a suburban back road, Hilary Cantor, who's just lost her job and whose deadbeat husband has left her to care for her son who has Asperger's, witnesses a freakish accident when a deer suddenly darts in front of the car ahead of her. The driver careens down a hill and slams into a tree. Rushing to help, she discovers the car smoking, the driver dead-and a satchel on the floor stuffed with a half million dollars.
That money could prevent her family's ruin and keep her son in school. In an instant, this honest, achieving woman who has always done the responsible thing makes a decision that puts her in the center of a maelstrom of unforeseeable consequences and life-threatening recriminations. It isn't long before someone comes looking for the money, and as they get closer and closer to Hilary, she is pulled into a terrifying scheme involving a twenty-year-old murder, an old woman whose entire life has been washed out to sea by the storm, and a powerful figure determined to maintain the secret that can destroy him.
With everything to lose and putting everything she loves at risk, Hilary joins up with a dogged police official from Staten Island who has his own connections to the money and is dealing with his family's tragic struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Together they must fight to bring down an enemy who will stop at nothing to keep buried what that money was meant to silence.
Everything to Lose is a propulsive thriller filled with tension and unexpected twists. Pitting an ordinary woman against powerful and desperate figures, this explosive and heartbreaking tale of suspense will appeal to readers of Harlan Coben, Lee Child, and David Baldacci.
Editorial Reviews
The reader will develop an emotional attachment to the heroine and hope she finds a way to save herself…very clever.” — RT Book Reviews
“Heart-stopping climax.” — Publishers Weekly
“A tightly wound, realistic thriller.” — Kirkus Reviews
“[T]he characters... are beautifully, acutely, and sympathetically drawn.... [Gross is] a terrific story-teller and an astute observer of the best and worst of human nature. And those qualities are brilliantly illuminated in Everything to Lose.” — Examiner.com
“Sets a new high bar for this master of the high octane thriller.” — Hearst Connecticut Media
“A fast read with twists, crime, history and motion.” — About.com
“[A] one-sitting, nail-biting chronicle of how one bad decision can lead to destruction.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch
“A First class book that the reader will not want to put down.” — Military Press
“A realistically creepy plot that delivers myriad logical and exciting twists.” — SouthFlorida.com
“Loved every word of the book as I tore through in one sitting… Enjoy this wild ride.” — Bookreporter.com
“A realistically creepy plot that delivers myriad logical and exciting twists.” — San Angelo Standard Times
“A first class read.” — Suspense Magazine
[A] one-sitting, nail-biting chronicle of how one bad decision can lead to destruction.
A fast read with twists, crime, history and motion.
Sets a new high bar for this master of the high octane thriller.
Loved every word of the book as I tore through in one sitting… Enjoy this wild ride.
[T]he characters... are beautifully, acutely, and sympathetically drawn.... [Gross is] a terrific story-teller and an astute observer of the best and worst of human nature. And those qualities are brilliantly illuminated in Everything to Lose.
The reader will develop an emotional attachment to the heroine and hope she finds a way to save herself…very clever.
A First class book that the reader will not want to put down.
A realistically creepy plot that delivers myriad logical and exciting twists.
A first class read.
A realistically creepy plot that delivers myriad logical and exciting twists.
2014-04-02
Best-selling author Gross' (No Way Back, 2013, etc.) latest is a hard-driving caper that chronicles the trials of a suburban divorcée seduced by temptation. Joseph Kelty had $500,000 in his car, but he was texting while driving; he lost control, crashed and died. First at the scene is Hilary Cantor, recently downsized, with a crippling mortgage and an ex-husband behind on alimony and child support. Her son, Brandon—"This is what God gave me to protect, to keep safe"—has Asperger's syndrome, and he attends a specialized school with break-the-bank tuition. Gross does yeoman work in setup, circumstance and motivation—Kelty was a retired transit worker with a pristine past and Hilary is all wavering conscience, focused on need rather than consequences. Hilary throws the money into the woods and later returns to the scene to recover it—but that $500,000 is dirty money, and there are bad guys who will kill to get it. First to die is an innocent pharmacist who was a witness to the crash. Hilary and Brandon are targeted next. The tense, fast-moving narrative takes in Superstorm Sandy, Ukrainian mobsters, a knee-capping political fixer and a psychopathic thrill-killer. Hilary traces the money to storm-ravaged Staten Island and seeks help from Kelty's police-officer son, Patrick, thinking "[m]aybe I just wanted a partner in this"—but Patrick's caught in his own financial trap. Hilary and Patrick are well-defined, sympathetic characters, and assorted bad guys are thoroughly believable. Gross sustains momentum while flipping back and forth in time and point of view. Segments following the psychopath are confusing, however, and then indeterminate; only late in the book do they weave into the main narrative. The conclusion is unsentimental though not quite satisfying. A tightly wound, realistic thriller.
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940170238187 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Publication date: | 04/22/2014 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
Videos
