Derailed

I loved this book so much more than the movie and I thought the movie was great! It takes the ending further than the movie did and it's even more interesting to find out what happens to all the characters after the plan backfires...

"We were stopped at a traffic light that was generally acknowledged to be the slowest traffic light in Merrick. Whole days would pass and this traffic light would stay red. Kingdoms rose and fell, presidential administrations came and went, and the light obstinately refused to change.” ― James Siege......more

Thinking of a little affair? Think again! I put it to you that there isn't a single forty- or fifty-something man on the planet that hasn't found himself in Charles Schine's shoes at some point! You have a couple of crummy months at work. That last project just didn't work out as you had hoped and you......more

A few simple morning requests from his daughter mean Charles Schine misses his regular 8:43 train and catches the 9:05 instead. The change leads to a chance encounter that in turn leads to a potentially interesting thriller. I was lapping it up for about the first fifty pages when it suddenly turned......more

Charles, a married man with a good job has his life "derailed" when he meets a beautiful woman on the train, and decides to have an affair with her. This affair ends in the most horrible way possible, and his life is turned upside down when he finds himself in a spiral of lies to protect himself and......more

4.5 stars I loved this! Just a great thriller. Even though I had already seen the movie this book still kept me in suspense. Definitely skip the movie and read the book instead, it's so much better. I felt all sorts of conflicting emotions for the protagonist, Charles. In the end, despite his many f......more