Security

A Novel

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Gina Wohlsdorf: Security (2016, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)

English language

Published Sept. 21, 2016 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

ISBN:
978-1-61620-597-3
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4 stars (1 review)

The inventiveness of A Visit from the Goon Squad meets the down-the-rabbit-hole suspense of The Girl on the Train in this chilling, pulse-racing thriller from an electrifying new writer. When the gleaming new Manderly Resort opens in twenty-four hours, Santa Barbara's exclusive cliff-top hotel will offer its patrons the ultimate in luxury and high-tech security. No indulgence has been ignored, no detail overlooked. But all the money in the world can't guarantee safety. As hotel manager Tessa and her employees ready the hotel for its grand opening, killers are in their midst. One by one, staff are picked off with ruthless precision. And before the night is over, as Tessa desperately struggles to survive, it will become clear that the strangest and most terrible truth at Manderly is simply this: someone is watching. With stunning ingenuity, Gina Wohlsdorf puts readers front and center as the elite resort becomes a house …

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Die Hard as a horror story

4 stars

It's a thriller / horror story that feels like a carefully staged board game. It's a reverse Die Hard in a super-fancy hotel. It's intense, brutally violent, clinically detached yet compassionate towards its characters. It's just great.

Subjects

  • Fiction, mystery & detective, general
  • Fiction, thrillers, suspense
  • Crime, fiction