Paris Diversion

Review A man with a suicide vest filled with radioactive material stands in front of the Louvre, threatening to detonate it, but this is only the beginning of a complicated plot to steal big money and exact revenge. The story unspools over just a few hours, and you won't stop reading until the final devastating pages. -- STEPHEN KING Sleek, cunning and breakneck... with as rich and complicated a hero as you could hope for - it keeps you returning for more and more. A knockout. -- MEGAN ABBOTT A 100 mph thriller that all takes place within twelve hours. -- KEN FOLLETT Thriller writing at its absolute best. With echoes of Graham Greene and John le Carré, Pavone's novel accomplishes that rare feat of being both a nonstop adventure ride and a smart, stylish and compelling meditation on family, courage, responsibilities, and the relationships we create, for good and bad, throughout our lives. The Paris Diversion does far more than divert; it grips us from the very beginning and doesn't let go. -- JEFFREY DEAVER A deliciously twisty thriller...This involving work has been skillfully engineered for maximum reader enjoyment. ― Wall Street Journal [A] sizzling thriller... the novel's carefully layered plot takes readers from the offices of a multinational company, where a master of industry is planning a dicey corporate merger, to a filthy alley where one hired killer confronts another. But at the heart of the novel is the domestic drama playing out between Kate and Dexter. ― New York Times Book Review My head is still swimming after reading The Paris Diversion. Chris Pavone has constructed the perfect page-turner for our fraught times, a white-knuckle ride of international proportions where nothing is ever what it seems. -- OLEN STEINHAUER Since he exploded onto the scene with The Expats, Chris Pavone has quickly become one of the elite must-read can't-miss thriller writers working today. Grab The Paris Diversion and hold on for the ride. -- CJ BOX Chris Pavone is a master craftsman. A natural storyteller. Whether we're being driven round Paris in a car trunk or walking through the Luxembourg Gardens, his descriptions leap off the page. The Paris Diversion is a terrific read. -- JASON MATTHEWS Smart, sophisticated and suspenseful. -- HARLAN COBEN 'a fast-paced and heartfelt thriller set in the world of espionage and terrorism that echoes the best of John le Carre.' ― Daily Mail Chris Pavone has built a loyal following by writing thrillers that sneak in a whole lot more than just spycraft... Diversion is Pavone's specialty, which he employs here with panache, clockwork precision and a great command of Paris locales. ― LA Times I tore through The Paris Diversion, completely caught up in the thrilling story of one remarkable day in Paris. With its twisting, high-stakes plot, all-too-human characters, and unrelenting tension, I couldn't read it fast enough! I absolutely loved it-highly recommended! -- SHARI LAPENA 'Heart-pounding, gut-wrenching and with a denouement that ties together the mystery with exceptional mastery, this is a thriller to impress. and to relish.' -- Pam Norfolk ― Lancashire Evening Post 'A fast-paced and heartfelt thriller set in the world of espionage and terrorism that echoes the best of John le Carre.' ― Daily Mail Product Description 'Smart, sophisticated and suspenseful.' HARLAN COBEN 'Sleek, cunning and breakneck.' MEGAN ABBOTT 'Top-tier.' New York Times From the top ten bestselling author of The Expats. Kate Moore is back in a pulse-pounding thriller which takes place over the course of one nail-biting day. Kate Moore - a mother with an interesting past - is living the quiet life in another European city, or trying to. On her way to drop her children off at school in the city centre, the cafes and streets of Paris start to come alive around her. Kate's husband Dex, meanwhile, charged with finding a particular present for their son's birthday, is struggling to focus on the job in hand as a fi