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The Blue Zone
ANDREW GROSS’S ELECTRIFYING SOLO DEBUT
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A literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club Main Selection
Everything in Kate Raab’s life seems perfect. She has an amazing family, an invigorating job straight out of college, and a boyfriend she adores. Then a phone call changes everything. Her father, a successful businessman, a man she has always trusted and admired, is in trouble with the law. He’s innocent, he insists to his family, but the only way out, is this: his testimony against his accomplices and the immediate placement of his family deep inside the Witness Protection Program. He accepts, and everyone prepares to go into hiding—until one of them suddenly gets cold feet. In a flash, Kate’s perfect life is gone.
Now, a year later, her worst fears have happened. Kate’s father suddenly disappears—into what the WITSEC agency calls the Blue Zone—and someone very important to him is found brutally murdered. As Kate digs into her father’s life, the shocking truth she finds sets in motion a decades-old vendetta. With her family under watch, with the FBI untrustworthy, and her father’s menacing "friends" circling her with increasing intensity, Kate alone must set off on the life and death journey to find her father, and uncover the secrets someone will kill to keep buried.
With the breakneck pacing of James Patterson, the storytelling twists of Harlan Coben and the emotional resonance of Tami Hoag. Andrew Gross stakes out his own terrain as a new modern master of suspense.
REVIEWS OF THE BLUE ZONE
"A TENSE AND CHILLING THRILLER, WITH A WHOLE LOT OF HEART."
--James Patterson
"REAL FEAR, REAL THRILLS, REAL SUSPENSE…REAL GOOD."
-- Lee Child author of The Hard Way
"Gross has learned well from his tutor-in-crime...The Blue Zone is impossible to put down."
-- Los Angeles Times
"The book is promoted as a 'compulsively page turning thriller,' and in this case readers won't be disappointed because Andrew Gross delivers with skill and aplomb...[This has] great sense of place, whether the teeming bustle of a highly populated city or the tranquil countryside. In Kate, Gross has created an intelligent, youthful and tenacious hero. His multilayered characters are rich with complexity and moral challenges. Even incidental characters are fully realized and believable. But Gross' greatest gift to readers is his ability to create tension, anticipation and suspense. The twists, turns and surprises jump out and grab the reader, and drag him into the action."
-- Denver Post
"Gross' work blends exacting background with vivid detail...The Blue Zone is a fine debut work."
-- Nashville City Paper
"A spine-chilling mystery with a thrilling twist."
-- Cosmopolitan
"Gross' thriller is actually better than the ones he did for Patterson."
-- Sacramento Bee
"A solid thriller with plenty of twists and turns...The complex family mystery and feud at the heart of the story worked to keep the reader guessing and ratcheting up the tension...If you like fast paced thrillers with lots of twists and turns you should enjoy The Blue Zone."
-- Collected Miscellany
"An ingenious and intricately layered plot...A tantalizing and intriguing story packed with shocking twists that will keep you guessing and begging for more."
-- Quality Book Reviews
"This novel will make the readers want to hold on to their seat because it moves at such a fast pace. There are so many twists that the reader will have a fun time trying to keep up...I had a difficult time trying to put the book down...This is a good one!"
-- Bestsellersworld.com
"Andrew Gross doesn't open the door to the concept of The Blue Zone - He literally kicks it down! Having collaborated with James Patterson expectations were high for his solo debut. Readers will not be disappointed. Gross weaves his plot lines together and maintains a high octane ride like a seasoned pro. I look forward to reading his novels for years to come. In a crowded genre, with many well known and loved authors, Andrew Gross has cemented his place among the best!"
-- Real Reader Reviews (online)
"This is a gripping tale, with suspense mounting at every step along the way. The author proved his talent and earned his spurs to ride off alone. It is a worthy debut."
-- Spinetingler Magazine
"Could very well [be] a true story...Be prepared to have your imagination captured...You may feel as if you were a part of the story, living each of the characters lives and feeling how they felt in each situation...An excellent read."
-- Once Upon a Romance
"A thrilling plot... a winner if ever I saw one."
-- Bookseller
"Andrew Gross, the co-author of five of James Patterson's bestsellers, turns out to be just as good on his own...[A] fast-moving, ever-deepening plot...[A] very involving story."
-- Claire Ernsberger, Ph.D., Sullivan County Democrat
"A breathtakingly good plot where nothing can be taken for granted."
-- Daily Telegraph ( Australia )
"A thriller full of fear and suspense, and for fans of Patterson, his pupil comes up trumps in his debut."
-- The Nelson Mail ( New Zealand )
"Edgy...The pace never slackens...[An] above-average thriller."
-- Daily News ( New Zealand )
"This thriller is extremely fast paced...It is very well done. This author is one to keep your eye on. I feel that Gross is going to have a long and successful career."
-- Huntress Reviews
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