"Elevator Pitch" is the book I selected for last week. It is written by Linwood Barclay.
It begins on a Monday with the death of 4 people because of an elevator accident in New York.
Then, there is the body of an elevator tech with finger tips off.
The following days, other buildings had same type of elevator accidents. Mayor locked down elevators to figure out what is happening. Reporter Barbara Matheson is very keen about reporting all the mishaps of the mayor. No one knows about her personal life. Not even her daughter knows who her father is.
The story has police detectives searching for clues about the murdered elevator tech. A right wing extremist is also happened to be in the city at the same time, arranging more terror.
Te story develops by going back and forth between all these characters. Barbara finally found some sort of connection with all the elevator incidents. But, before she could convince the mayor about it, they had a new high rise building inauguration.
Each chapter takes us to different parts. The novel holds the suspense till the end. while reading, I thought may be this is the killer. No, not that one, the next chapter says. The author holds the suspense till the end. When it was finally revealed and the reason for the killings, I was really surprised!
This one really hold my curiosity till the end.
It is worth the reading. I will definitely read more from Barclay in the future.
Bindu
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