The Travelers
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
A pulse-racing international thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Expats and The Accident
It s 3:00am. Do you know where your husband is?
Meet Will Rhodes: travel writer, recently married, barely solvent,...
It s 3:00am. Do you know where your husband is?
Meet Will Rhodes: travel writer, recently married, barely solvent,...
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A pulse-racing international thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Expats and The AccidentIt s 3:00am. Do you know where your husband is?
Meet Will Rhodes: travel writer, recently married, barely solvent, his idealism rapidly giving way to disillusionment and the worry that he s living the wrong life. Then one night, on assignment for the award-winning Travelers magazine in the wine region of Argentina, a beautiful woman makes him an offer he can t refuse. Soon Will s bad choices and dark secrets take him across Europe, from a chateau in Bordeaux to a midnight raid on a Paris mansion, from a dive bar in Dublin to a mega-yacht in the Mediterranean and an isolated cabin perched on the rugged cliffs of Iceland. As he s drawn further into a tangled web of international intrigue, it becomes clear that nothing about Will Rhodes was ever ordinary, that the network of deception ensnaring him is part of an immense and deadly conspiracy with terrifying global implications and that the people closest to him may pose the greatest threat of all.
It s 3:00am. Your husband has just become a spy.
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PrologueMendoza, Argentina
The door flies open. Bright light floods into the dark room, framing the silhouette of a large man who stands there, unmoving.
What? Will demands, raising himself onto his elbows, squinting into the harsh light. What s going on?
The man doesn t answer.
What do you want?
The man remains in the doorway, saying nothing, a mute looming hulk. He surveys the hotel room, the disheveled bed, discarded clothing, burned-down candles, wine bottle and glasses.
¿Qué quieres? Will tries.
Will had been lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, worrying. But not about this, not about an intruder. Now Will s mind is flooding with competing scenarios and their different levels of emergency: drunk hotel guest, confused night porter, hotel security, jealous boyfriend, burglar, murderer.
Will s panic is rising, and his eyes flicker toward escape, the French doors that he opened just a few minutes ago, doors facing the vineyard that falls away from the hacienda, with the snowcapped peaks of the Andes in the distance, under the big fat moon. He pulls himself to a sitting position, uncomfortably aware of his bare chest. Who are you? he asks assertively, trying to project confidence. Why are you here?
The man nods, takes a step forward, and pulls the door closed behind him.
The room falls into the semidarkness of flickering candlelight and the bright blue LED glow of the clock, 2:50 a.m. Will s eyes readjust while his heart races, his breath coming quick and shallow, fight or flight, or both. His imagination hops around the room, trying out different items as weapons, swinging the standing lamp, breaking the wine bottle. A fireplace tool the poker would be the best, but that s on the far side of the room, on the other side of this trespasser, this indistinct peril.
No, the man breaks his silence. Why are you here?
The man s hand finds a switch, a soft click and a harsh transformation, Will s pupils contracting a
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sliver of a second too slowly. In the light, Will realizes that he has seen this man before. He can t remember where, or when exactly, but it was sometime recent. This discovery feels more like a defeat than a victory, as if he has found out that he lost something.
Who are you, Will Rhodes?
The man s English doesn t have any trace of an accent, Argentine or otherwise. This is a big beefy American who s continuing to walk toward the bed, toward Will, slowly, menacing. It takes a while; it s a large room, luxuriously decorated and extravagantly linened, with superfluous furniture and wine-country knickknacks and signifiers of the Pampas mounted horns, a cowhide rug. It s a room designed to remind well-off guests of where they are, and why they re here, when they could be anywhere. Will has stayed in many different versions of this room, all over the world, always on someone else s tab.
Are you robbing me? Will inventories the valuables he might lose here, and it doesn t amount to much.
Kidnapping? No one except the most ill-informed amateur would take the tremendous risk of kidnapping for the paltry rewards that could be traded for Will Rhodes. This guy doesn t look like an ill-informed amateur.
The intruder finally arrives at the bedside, and reaches into his jacket. Will scoots away from whatever potential threat is being withdrawn from this man s pocket, in the middle of the night, halfway across the globe from his home, from his wife, his life.
If Will had any doubts earlier, he doesn t anymore: he s now positive he made a terrible mistake tonight. The whole thing
Who are you, Will Rhodes?
The man s English doesn t have any trace of an accent, Argentine or otherwise. This is a big beefy American who s continuing to walk toward the bed, toward Will, slowly, menacing. It takes a while; it s a large room, luxuriously decorated and extravagantly linened, with superfluous furniture and wine-country knickknacks and signifiers of the Pampas mounted horns, a cowhide rug. It s a room designed to remind well-off guests of where they are, and why they re here, when they could be anywhere. Will has stayed in many different versions of this room, all over the world, always on someone else s tab.
Are you robbing me? Will inventories the valuables he might lose here, and it doesn t amount to much.
Kidnapping? No one except the most ill-informed amateur would take the tremendous risk of kidnapping for the paltry rewards that could be traded for Will Rhodes. This guy doesn t look like an ill-informed amateur.
The intruder finally arrives at the bedside, and reaches into his jacket. Will scoots away from whatever potential threat is being withdrawn from this man s pocket, in the middle of the night, halfway across the globe from his home, from his wife, his life.
If Will had any doubts earlier, he doesn t anymore: he s now positive he made a terrible mistake tonight. The whole thing
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Autoren-Porträt von Chris Pavone
CHRIS PAVONE is the New York Times bestselling author of The Expats and The Accident. He is the winner of the Edgar and Anthony awards for best first novel. He was a book editor for nearly two decades and lives in New York City with his family.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Chris Pavone
- 2016, Internationale Ausgabe, 624 Seiten, Maße: 10,6 x 17,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Ballantine Books
- ISBN-10: 0451498887
- ISBN-13: 9780451498885
- Erscheinungsdatum: 08.11.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Praise for The Travelers:New York Post "Best Books of 2016"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch "50 best Books of 2016"
"The Travelers does confirm what Mr. Pavone s first two books have established: that when it comes to quick-witted, breathless thrillers that trot the globe, his are top-tier."
Janet Maslin, New York Times
"A Hitchcockian thriller [Pavone] brings on a full slate of characters, sharply etching their dress, their moves, their motives, all the while evoking the world they occupy."
Washington Post
Wit, suspense, great scenery, and a cast of dozens propel this well-paced escapade to its (literal) cliff-hanging conclusion; it s like a Spy vs. Spy comic-strip done in 3-D.
Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal
"Pavone continues his run of smart, elegant thrillers with The Travelers...written with wit and charm as well as satirical brio."
The Guardian
"Pavone established himself as a highly adept weaver of complicated tales of deceit and danger with an international backdrop and a seemingly innocent central character. This latest is his most effective to date."
Financial Times
[N]obody brings the human aspect of the spy world into focus better than Pavone, and his stellar writing carries the day.
Associated Press
Sneaky, insightful and surprising, Pavone's latest dazzles with its take on modern spycraft, with time for ruminations about the nature of work.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Another high-octane thriller with chapters set in Dublin, Iceland, Mendoza and Paris that race along at dizzying speed, this book is all jet, no lag.
Virtuoso Life
The Travelers moves at a brisk pace as Pavone ratchets up the action-packed suspense and infuses his plot with a rich view of far-flung exotic locales With insight and a bit of wry humor, The Travelers
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will have readers wondering just what does he do all day?
Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun Sentinel
The Travelers puts Pavone s excellent pacing on parade; it s a fast, fun read, like binge-watching Alias.
GQ
Acclaimed thriller writer Chris Pavone seems to have another winner with The Travelers, a rock em-sock em adventure that takes readers from New York to exotic locales like Capri, Bordeaux, Paris, London, Argentina, Stockholm, Dublin, Edinburgh and Luxembourg before it comes to a climax in the boondocks of Iceland The richly complicated plot keeps Rhodes (and readers) guessing until book s end.
St. Louis Post Dispatch
[One] of the most intelligent thrillers of the year. Engaging, complex, fully fleshed characters with believable backstories and narrative depth and elegance to go along with suspense and derring-do .
BOOKLIST, starred review
With its intricate plot pinballing down dual, occasionally criss-crossing tracks, the story offers plenty of page-turning action in exotic locales
Publisher's Weekly
"A beautifully executed thriller."
Shelf Awareness, starred review
Making subtle commentary in the midst of a beautifully executed thriller and without sacrificing pace has become something of trademark for Pavone, and here he opens the door on the shrinking print journalism industry...Pavone constantly misdirects readers' suspicions until the bloody, adrenaline-soaked conclusion, and his smart maneuvering makes having the rug pulled from under a missed guess almost as fun as getting one right The hard-earned resolution leaves plenty of openings for the sequel fans will surely demand.
Jaclyn Fulwood, Shelf Awareness
The Travelers combines Pavone s trademark Swiss-watch plotting with warm and human characters caught up in a deadly scenario that gets plausibly and inevitably more dangerous as each page turns. It s hard to believe this is only Pavone s third book he s already an automatic must-read for me.
LEE CHILD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Make Me
I love Chris Pavone's writing, it's smart and elegant and brilliantly intertwines intrigue with menace.
PETER JAMES, International bestselling author of The House on Cold Hill
Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun Sentinel
The Travelers puts Pavone s excellent pacing on parade; it s a fast, fun read, like binge-watching Alias.
GQ
Acclaimed thriller writer Chris Pavone seems to have another winner with The Travelers, a rock em-sock em adventure that takes readers from New York to exotic locales like Capri, Bordeaux, Paris, London, Argentina, Stockholm, Dublin, Edinburgh and Luxembourg before it comes to a climax in the boondocks of Iceland The richly complicated plot keeps Rhodes (and readers) guessing until book s end.
St. Louis Post Dispatch
[One] of the most intelligent thrillers of the year. Engaging, complex, fully fleshed characters with believable backstories and narrative depth and elegance to go along with suspense and derring-do .
BOOKLIST, starred review
With its intricate plot pinballing down dual, occasionally criss-crossing tracks, the story offers plenty of page-turning action in exotic locales
Publisher's Weekly
"A beautifully executed thriller."
Shelf Awareness, starred review
Making subtle commentary in the midst of a beautifully executed thriller and without sacrificing pace has become something of trademark for Pavone, and here he opens the door on the shrinking print journalism industry...Pavone constantly misdirects readers' suspicions until the bloody, adrenaline-soaked conclusion, and his smart maneuvering makes having the rug pulled from under a missed guess almost as fun as getting one right The hard-earned resolution leaves plenty of openings for the sequel fans will surely demand.
Jaclyn Fulwood, Shelf Awareness
The Travelers combines Pavone s trademark Swiss-watch plotting with warm and human characters caught up in a deadly scenario that gets plausibly and inevitably more dangerous as each page turns. It s hard to believe this is only Pavone s third book he s already an automatic must-read for me.
LEE CHILD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Make Me
I love Chris Pavone's writing, it's smart and elegant and brilliantly intertwines intrigue with menace.
PETER JAMES, International bestselling author of The House on Cold Hill
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