Killer Move, Michael Marshall
Killer Move, Michael Marshall
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Killer Move
A Novel

Author: Michael Marshall

Narrator: Gary Dikeos

Unabridged: 11 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William Morrow

Published: 06/28/2011


Synopsis

“[A] subtle and unnerving story of the little things that can tip the balance of one’s life and send it spiraling into chaos.”
—Publishers WeeklyStephen King called Michael Marshall’s debut novel The Straw Men, “a masterpiece…brilliantly written and scary as hell.” With Killer Move, the acclaimed author of Bad Things and The Intruders demonstrates that he has only gotten better with time. The electrifying story of a man on the fast track to success who finds that his life has been chillingly “modified” by someone, somewhere with a very different master plan for his future, Killer Move is a remarkably intelligent, genuinely creepy thriller from Phillip K. Dick Award-winner Marshall.

About Michael Marshall

Michael Marshall is a science writer interested in life sciences and the environment. He has a BA and MPhil in experimental psychology from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in science communication from Imperial College, London. He has worked as a staff journalist at New Scientist and the BBC. Since 2017 he has been a freelance writer, published by outlets including BBC Future, the Observer, Nature, New Scientist, and the Telegraph. In 2019 he was shortlisted for News Item of the Year by the Association of British Science Writers. He lives in Devon, UK, with his wife and daughter.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Al on February 06, 2012

I think I've read everything that Marshall has published. Which is a bit odd, considering how I feel about his books. It's a dichotomy, my feelings. I look forward, each time, to his next novel. I feel let down when I complete them. Every. Single. Time. Let me explain... Marshall indeed writes well.......more

Goodreads review by Roger on September 03, 2011

This book was going to get four stars before the ending, where it completely fell apart. It felt like the author did not know how to end it, how to tie up all the pieces and had to end it quickly. Very very disappointing because leading up to that point, the plotting was great, the characters were w......more

Goodreads review by Alan on June 10, 2021

This book is definitely not one for paranoid conspiracy types; after reading it, you just may become that way yourself. It begins with the tales of two men. One is a convicted killer who, after being paroled, returns to get some comeuppance. The other is an upwardly mobile respected realtor in the S......more

Goodreads review by Michael on October 19, 2011

Every now and then an author writes a book that is truly unique and causes the reader to think extra hard about what is going on. John Hunter is released from prison after serving sixteen years for a crime he didn't commit. He's had plenty of time to plot his revenge against the people who framed him......more

Goodreads review by Roger on June 17, 2015

This started out to be a very amusing story with a unique premise. Right away I found it disturbing how the story alternated between the humorous and intriguing chapters about how Bill's life was being modified and the dark, sick chapters about Hunter. Eventually the two story lines merged and thus b......more