The Driver: A Thriller
Hart Hanson$22.10
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From the creator of the TV show Bones comes a smart and funny debut thriller. "Everything a great thriller should be--always smart, often funny, and relentlessly exciting. I loved every page."--Scott Turow
Michael Skellig is a limo driver waiting for his client in the alley behind an upscale hotel. He's spent the past twenty-eight hours ferrying around Bismarck Avila, a celebrity skateboard mogul who isn't going home any time soon. Suddenly the wind begins to speak to Skellig in the guttural accent of the Chechen torturer he shot through the eye in Yemen a decade ago: Troubletroubletrouble. Skellig has heard these warnings before--he's an Army Special Forces sergeant whose limo company is staffed by a ragtag band of wounded veterans, including his Afghan interpreter--and he knows to listen carefully. Skellig runs inside just in time to save Avila from two gunmen but too late for one of Avila's bodyguards--and wakes up hours later in the hospital, the only person of interest in custody for the murder. Complicating matters further is the appearance of Detective Delilah Groopman of the LAPD, gorgeous and brash, for whom Skellig has always held a candle. As for Avila? He's willing to help clear Skellig's name under one peculiar condition: that Skellig become Avila's personal chauffeur. A cushy gig for any driver, except for the fact that someone is clearly trying to kill Avila, and Skellig is literally the only person sitting between Avila and a bullet to the head.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 08/08/2017
ISBN: 9781101986363
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.20d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/15/2017 pg. 90
Library Journal 03/15/2017
Booklist 05/01/2017 pg. 18
Library Journal 05/15/2017
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2017
Publishers Weekly 05/29/2017
Library Journal 08/01/2017 pg. 80
Shelf Awareness 09/08/2017
Michael Skellig is a limo driver waiting for his client in the alley behind an upscale hotel. He's spent the past twenty-eight hours ferrying around Bismarck Avila, a celebrity skateboard mogul who isn't going home any time soon. Suddenly the wind begins to speak to Skellig in the guttural accent of the Chechen torturer he shot through the eye in Yemen a decade ago: Troubletroubletrouble. Skellig has heard these warnings before--he's an Army Special Forces sergeant whose limo company is staffed by a ragtag band of wounded veterans, including his Afghan interpreter--and he knows to listen carefully. Skellig runs inside just in time to save Avila from two gunmen but too late for one of Avila's bodyguards--and wakes up hours later in the hospital, the only person of interest in custody for the murder. Complicating matters further is the appearance of Detective Delilah Groopman of the LAPD, gorgeous and brash, for whom Skellig has always held a candle. As for Avila? He's willing to help clear Skellig's name under one peculiar condition: that Skellig become Avila's personal chauffeur. A cushy gig for any driver, except for the fact that someone is clearly trying to kill Avila, and Skellig is literally the only person sitting between Avila and a bullet to the head.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 08/08/2017
ISBN: 9781101986363
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.20d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/15/2017 pg. 90
Library Journal 03/15/2017
Booklist 05/01/2017 pg. 18
Library Journal 05/15/2017
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2017
Publishers Weekly 05/29/2017
Library Journal 08/01/2017 pg. 80
Shelf Awareness 09/08/2017