{"product_id":"9780345545992","title":"The Silent Corner: A Novel of Suspense","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzling new series, a pure adrenaline rush, debuts with Jane Hawk, a remarkable heroine certain to become an icon of suspense\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I very much need to be dead.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the chilling words left behind by a man who had everything to live for—but took his own life. In the aftermath, his widow, Jane Hawk, does what all her grief, fear, and fury demand: find the truth, no matter what.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople of talent and accomplishment, people admired and happy and sound of mind, have been committing suicide in surprising numbers. When Jane seeks to learn \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e, she becomes the most-wanted fugitive in America. Her powerful enemies are protecting a secret so important—so terrifying—that they will exterminate anyone in their way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut all their power and viciousness may not be enough to stop a woman as clever as they are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless—and who is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdvance praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Corner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A proven specialist in action scenes, Koontz pulls off some doozies here. . . . The book is full of neat touches . . . and the prose, as always in a Koontz novel, is first-rate. Perhaps Koontz’s leanest, meanest thriller, this initial entry in a new series introduces a smart, appealing heroine who can outthink as well as outshoot the baddest of bad dudes.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcclaim for Dean Koontz\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Koontz is a master of the edge-of-your-seat, paranoid thriller—and perhaps the leading American practitioner of the form.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Star-Ledger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Koontz writes first-rate suspense, scary and stylish.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “There is no one who can match Dean Koontz for pure excitement when writing highly charged thrillers. . . . [He] writes thrillers that move so fast they make every other thriller writer seem to be standing still.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Dean Koontz almost occupies a genre of his own. He is a master at building suspense and holding the reader spellbound.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Koontz is one of the great suspense authors. . . . There’s no bestselling author of popular fiction . . . whose sentences offer more musicality. [His] characters are memorable and his unique mix of suspense and humor absorbing. . . . Great kudos to Koontz for creating, within the strictures of popular fiction . . . [a] notable novel of ideas and of moral imperatives.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “There are few authors who can match [Koontz] for sheer page-turning power. His plots are compelling and unpredictable, the characters engaging, and the wording as sleek and on-target as a guided missile. Anything can happen.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eToledo\u003ci\u003e Blade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060419674352,"sku":"9780345545992","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780345545992_p0.jpg?v=1763688496","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780345545992","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}