Ninth and Nowhere Free Pdf

ISBN: B07JYPTLJW
Title: Ninth and Nowhere Pdf

Seven strangers. Two hours. One tragic moment of violence that changes everything.

In this electrifying short story by New York Times bestselling author of The Never Game Jeffery Deaver, the destinies of seven strangers intersect in ways no one sees coming. It looks like just another gray March morning in the tough urban district nicknamed Nowhere when seven lives converge: a young man intent on buying a gun; the gangbanger who cuts him a deal; a by-the-book police officer on a last patrol; an advertising executive keeping secrets from her husband; a veteran haunted by a combat death; a single dad in a bitter custody battle; and a sharp-looking businessman en route to a new job he desperately needs. Any one of them could have a dark motive. Any one of them could be walking into a trap. When the fog lifts, it will all be much clearer—that a single, shattering act of violence has marked each of them forever.

A Fast Read This is a fast moving story. Many very different people from completely different backgrounds were immerging on one particular place in a large American city.What happens next changes some lives forever.For Max Pleasure, Listen to Free Audible Edition as You Read - BUT BEWARE the Profanities... Brilliant, Complex, Thriller - Read Twice Back to BackI recollect my professor in English Literature praising American short story writers. She asserted that, unlike novelists, writers of the USA excelled the Europeans because they wasted not a single word. I didn’t quibble with her, for she was a French immigrant and seemed to be far more wedded to the craft of reading and reviewing than I shall ever be.In “Ninth and Nowhere” we have three or four stories intertwined into what feels almost as deep as a full-length novel. The first time I ‘read it,’ I actually listened to the free Audible edition using my Alexa Dot, while I assembled a new exercise bike I got through Amazon Vine. By the end of the story, I found myself a bit confused about who did what.So, I stopped assembling, and read the book while also listening to the outstanding Audible narrator. Very rare that I actually read again after listening, but it was worth every second spent immersed in this thriller.BLUSH FACTOR: As another reviewer indicated, this is not a work to read aloud to youngsters or your prayer group. Your elder may or may not care for the frequent eff-words. As for me, well, a few such profanities goes a long way, artistically, to set the tone. Still, I was so glued to every word that I was able to dismiss the excesses.WRITING & EDITING: Professionally written and edited.STAND-ALONE OR CLIFFHANGER ENDING: This is a stand-alone thriller.PLOT OR CHARACTER: Complex intertwined plots but with surprisingly terrific character development.BOTTOM LINEOne of the most terrific short stories I’ve read in many years.Despite the profanities, I’m rating this at five stars out of five.No volition “Ninth And Nowhere”A short storyJeffrey DeaverI have had the pleasure and privilege to read many short stories by Mr. Deaver. I do so because I cannot help myself. All of them are so clever it is humbling. I like to imagine that Mr. Deaver writes them because he, too, cannot help himself. Whenever I finish one of his short stories, it always seems to me that he has what may seem to be a random assortment of ideas that he tosses into the air and like jig saw puzzle pieces they all fall down onto the table into a finished cohesion of a planned story.“Ninth And Nowhere” provided me with an entertaining reminiscence of that awe. It takes the concept of ‘x degrees of separation’ and then throws in some Hitchcockian betrayals and a little ‘pay it forward’ and an uneventful morning for a dozen almost unrelated people turns into a connected ending, of sorts.Even though one knows a twist is coming, that knowledge is not enough to accurately predict it.I admit that I was sucked into an assumption for which I found to be embarrassing as I imagine will happen to all who read it.Read it. It’s a very good half hour.Al Dell