
Detour
James Siegel(Author)
Sphere (Publisher)
Published on 12. December 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-7515-3613-3 (ISBN)
Description
Central Park, New York. It was the small girl chasing a pink balloon that had given Paul and Joanna the idea; to end five years of failing to conceive, and to adopt. Which is why they are travelling to the Santa Regina orphanage in Columbia, to meet their new daughter.
It is meant to be a new beginning in their lives. But it is not the new beginning they were expecting.
Columbia is a dangerous place, particularly for a foreigner with a wife and daughter to protect. Paul would do anything for Joanna, and now he is going to have to. He's got eighteen hours to get a deadly consignment to an address in New York. He dare not be late. He dare not dial 911. Because if the delivery doesn't arrive, he'll never see his newly created family ever again . . .
It is meant to be a new beginning in their lives. But it is not the new beginning they were expecting.
Columbia is a dangerous place, particularly for a foreigner with a wife and daughter to protect. Paul would do anything for Joanna, and now he is going to have to. He's got eighteen hours to get a deadly consignment to an address in New York. He dare not be late. He dare not dial 911. Because if the delivery doesn't arrive, he'll never see his newly created family ever again . . .
Reviews / Votes
If there are two things Siegel knows, its how to create an impact and how to do suspense... a gripping, headrush of a nightmare * DAILY MIRROR * James Siegel has arrived in high style * James Patterson * In DETOUR, James Siegel has written as original a crime novel as one is likely to come across . . . [Siegel] invests the story with enough twists and turns to keep even the most cynical of readers happy. A real cracker * IRISH TIMES * Superbly paced and as taut as a bow-string, James Siegel's debut thriller Derailed was always going to be a hard act to follow. However, DETOUR does exactly that. Yet another compelling mix of relentless action and stinging plot twists built around a nig * WHAT'S ON LONDON *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 108 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7515-3613-3 (9780751536133)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
James Siegel is a former Senior Creative Director and Vice President of the BBDO advertising agency in New York and he has won numerous awards including three Gold Lions at Cannes. He lives on Long Island.