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A car was heading up Route 86. The headlights formed a pair of eerie white circles which were now sliding and bouncing across the tree trunks and the sloping ground full of rocks, leaves, and downed tree limbs and branches. Darby heard music—Van Halen's "Jump," David Lee Roth's voice growing louder along with the worrisome voice in her head telling her to look away, look away now. God knows she wanted to, but some other part of her brain had taken control, and Darby didn't look away as the headlights washed over her, David Lee Roth's booming voice singing to go ahead and jump, and she saw a woman dressed in jeans and a gray T-shirt kneeling by a tree, her face a deep, dark red, eyes wide and fingers desperately clawing at the rope tied around her throat... Read the full excerpt. See the German tv promo! Windows Media or Quicktime Read a Q & A with Chris about the book. 
Atria hardcover March 2007 ISBN 9780743463805 BooksOnTape.com Audio CD (unabridged) April 2007 ISBN 9781415939536 Penguin UK mass-market paperback May 2007 ISBN 9780141030852 
THE MISSING Film Competition Who had the mojo to make a kick-ass trailer for THE MISSING? Earlier in 2007, Penguin Books sponsored a contest for a 30-40 second film showcasing THE MISSING. The winner's entry debuted at the Odeon Leicester Square—the biggest cinema in the UK. To see both the winning film and many of the best runners-up, visit Penguin's THE MISSING website. They're great!
REVIEWS
The Missing barely gives the reader a moment to catch a breath. It delivers suspense and mayhem from page one. —Hallie Ephron, The Boston Globe Taut, briskly paced and thoroughly engaging page-turner. Mooney gets high marks for getting into the disturbing mindset of a sociopath; readers will be alternately fascinated and horrified. Short streamlined chapters and plenty of plot twists move the action along at a fast clip. —Martina Bexte, BookLoons [T]he plot is like an express train, with no stops between start and finish...watch out for the ending, because I didn’t see the sucker punch coming at the climax. An absolutely excellent addition to the serial killer sub-genre. —Ali Karim, RAM [Likely to] win its author more much-deserved attention...there is no denying the gripping nature of the plot’s machine-gun pacing, nor the likeability of the book’s intriguing heroine... a fine and rewarding thriller. —David J. Montgomery, Chicago Sun-Times [An] excellent and scary thriller... Mooney surprises with unexpected plot twists and grabs the reader with empathy for his understandably guilt-ridden (but supremely capable) protagonist. —Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind [I]ngeniously constructed and well-written, with a surprising conclusion. —Gloria Feit, SpineTingler Magazine I devoured The Missing in one greedy, breathless sitting. This is a scary, breakneck ride with thrills that never let up. —Tess Gerritsen The Missing is the season's most unrelenting thriller. It will keep readers enthralled from its gripping opening chapters to its last shocking page. —George Pelecanos The smart money has long been on Chris Mooney, one of crime fiction's rising stars, and The Missing ably demonstrates why this is so. This is a page-turner written with great empathy, filled with strong, resilient characters that the reader will cheer and champion. —Laura Lippman A masterful thriller; dark and disturbing, with a tearing pace. Mooney writes like a man on fire. —Linda Fairstein The Missing is an absolutely gripping mix of suspense and mystery. Chris Mooney is a wonderful writer and in his hands this story is compelling, thrilling and touching. —Michael Connelly Scary story. Scary talent. I love this book. —Lee Child Authorities know there's a billion-to-one chance someone abducted by a serial killer will survive—but what if a woman was strong enough mentally and physically to beat the odds? That's the premise of Chris Mooney's incredibly scary thriller. When our heroine, Darby, a crime scene investigator, discovers an emaciated, terrified victim hidden in the shadows, she realizes this case is going to be ugly. Oh, but she doesn't know how ugly.... —International Book-of-the-Month Club®  |
