- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Warner Books (May 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0446531510
- ISBN-13: 978-0446531511
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,138,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
A horrifying premise catalyzes this fast-paced, suspenseful thriller: A woman wakes up in a darkened room, bound, disoriented, unable to recall the recent past. She is terrorized and abused by a strange man who taunts her with the names of other victims. But for Abbie Devereaux, a 25-year-old Londoner, the nightmare really begins after she escapes. Recovering in a local hospital, she must confront the fact that no one believes her story. Her doctors think it's all a fantasy, "a cry for help." Det. Insp. Jack Cross can't find a crime scene. And when Abbie's well enough to go home, she discovers that her life-her job designing office interiors; her boyfriend, Terry; the flat they shared-has been destroyed, but she hasn't a clue as to how or why. Has she had a breakdown? Is she still in danger from the kidnapper? The bulk of the novel is about Abbie's inventive efforts to reconstruct her life and discover what really happened to her. French (Killing Me Softly) does a good job of making this unlikely scenario believable. But the larger authorial challenge is making Abbie, an average and unambitious young woman who has clearly made some bad choices in her life, into someone resourceful enough to solve the mystery. The book is psychologically astute about terror-Abbie's panic and bewilderment throughout her ordeal are rendered with precision-but her more basic motivations don't always ring true. Still, it's a suspenseful and harrowing tale, occasionally dipping into the truly gruesome, with powerful narrative drive.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
*Starred Review* Widely divergent in terms of plot, French's previous three stand-alone thrillers--Killing Me Softly (1999), Beneath the Skin (2000), and The Red Room (2001)--share a high level of suspense and three compelling heroines. Her latest, French's best work yet, adds another fascinating protagonist while managing to up the ante on suspense, generating a near-unbearable level of dramatic tension. Londoner Abbie Devereaux awakens to find herself injured, hooded, and bound, the captive of a psychotic man whom she cannot see. After a daring escape that almost kills her, she finds herself in the middle of a new nightmare: no one believes her story. Not even her friends. With no memory of the several days preceding her kidnapping, she lacks the ammunition to convince them. As Abbie goes about trying to reconstruct her lost week, she fights the panic of knowing that her unknown captor knows her. Painstakingly piecing together her life, Abbie tries desperately to figure out who kidnapped her--and why. Another brilliant effort by an author who never disappoints. Jenny McLarin
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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5.0 out of 5 stars
nicci french,
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This review is from: Land Of The Living (Paperback)
Puissant thriller. Nicci et French se surpassent dans cette intrigue au dénouement peu banal. Je le recommande aux amateurs de sensations fortes.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gripping,
This review is from: Land of the Living (Mass Market Paperback)
Abbie Devereaux is taken hostage by a man who intends to kill her after he mentally tortures her. Abbie manages to escape from the man, but the police believe her story is fabricated. She has no recollection of how she was kidnapped, or who kidnapped her, nor does she remember the events leading up to her capture.This is a gripping tale, full of suspense and many twists and turns. Although the protagonist at times seemed too willing to rush headlong into danger without thinking of the consequences, this did not distract from this thrilling tale. The ending was a little unbelievable (her confrontation with the killer), but other than that, a great book. This is the first book I've read by Nicci French and one I really enjoyed.
4.0 out of 5 stars
'LAND OF THE LIVING',
By DevJohn01 (Somerset, NJ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Land of the Living (Hardcover)
'LAND OF THE LIVING' is the story of Abbie Devereaux, a young woman who is held captive by a strange man with no memory of how she got there or anything that happened in the days leading up to her capture. We follow Abbie as she tries to uncover the truth about why she was kidnapped as well as prove to the police that her story of being held against her will is true. This is the first novel by Nicci French that I have read and I devoured it in one day. The novel was fast paced and kept me guessing until the very end. I will be rushing out to buy other titles by French!
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