One of my favorite weeks every year is attending the International Thriller Writers ThrillerFest in New York in July. Where writers from #1 NYT bestsellers to newbies and wannabes get together for a week to talk about their craft and their business–with one another and with their most ardent fans. One extra treat among many at ThrillerFest, and being a member of International Thriller Writers, is hearing about the latest and greatest thrillers novels. I’ll share the good ones from time to time. Here’s a terrific one I heard about at ThrillerFest and have already gobbled up. You may want to as well.
In PENDULUM, successful UK author and screenwriter Adam Hamdy has penned a great read. And a great ride. We’re experiencing an epidemic of sorts. And on both sides of the Atlantic no less. All of a sudden, right and left, feeling remorseful for their misdeeds, people are committing suicide, hanging themselves by their necks.
In PENDULUM, Hamdy has written and tells an exceptional story. Dribbling it out one little nibble at a time. You’ll be starving for more. What’s behind this wave? Who’s behind it? Hamdy reveals all in due course. But not until the end. (And nothing I’m going to spoil here.)
Perhaps best of all, Hamdy introduces us to two terrific new characters, English photographer John Wallace, and FBI Special Agent Christine Ash. Each in a boatload of trouble. Who find their way to one another. In the nick of time. If in the nick of time.
You’ll be wanting more of Wallace and Ash. That’s for sure. And Hamdy leaves just enough room in the conclusion of PENDULUM to suggest that’s exactly what we may get. If we’re lucky.
#1 NYT bestselling author James Patterson calls PENDULUM “one of the best thrillers of the year.” That’s no exaggeration.
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