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Title details for The Victim by Max Manning - Available

The Victim

by Max Manning
Lucy Paterson
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Gem Golding only has two choices. A stranger holds a knife to her skin, his demands terrifying in the deserted parking garage. Should she surrender? Or should she fight back? This attacker is no ordinary criminal. This night, like so many of them, is all a game to him. He makes the rules—rules that determine whether his victims live or die, rules that will set Gem's fate in motion. He's waiting for her to decide. But how can you win the game when you don't know how to play? What if surrendering is the worst thing you can do? What if fighting back will kill you? Two choices. Two outcomes. And only one way for Gem to survive.

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  • Release date

    August 6, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666578096
      • File size: 257578 KB
      • Duration: 08:56:37

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 17, 2019
      British author Manning (Don’t Look Now) explores the life-altering consequences that can ensue from split-second decisions in this clever thriller. Connor “Con” Norton, a vicious psychopath, accosts Gem Golding, a public relations executive, outside a London supermarket, demanding her car keys and forcing her to the ground. From that point, the author portrays two vastly different versions of the future depending on whether Gem opts to act as “Gem, the Warrior” or as “Gem, the Victim.” Characters affecting both future paths include Det. Insp. Elliot Day, just demoted from Scotland Yard to the Hackney CID
      , who desperately wants to solve this apparently simple carjacking; Gem’s boyfriend, Drew Bentley, a control freak who exploits Gem’s carjacking incident to manipulate her while concealing a past relationship of his with Con; and journalist Matt Revell, who uses Gem’s story to further his career. Manning adroitly manipulates the alternative story lines up to the shocking ending. Lovers of psychological suspense will be mesmerized. Agent: Madeline Milburn, Madeline Milburn (U.K.).

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