The October List by Jeffrey Deaver

I absolutely love reading anything by Jeffrey Deaver - his plots are so complex and the characters so richly defined that I immediately buy anything that he has written.  I just finished The October List - this book is unique because it is told backwards?  The first chapter is last and vice versa.  In this story, the characters are not developed as well as in past stories but part of that is the plot - as we learn more about these characters (who are not what we initially thought) as the book digresses.  The story is a little hard to follow - but after I finished - I immediately started rereading to see how the plot unfolds since I know understood it.  So I did like it!  It's different - wouldn't want to read another story like this one but very clever!  I'd give it 4 1/2 stars!


From Amazon:

One of Kirkus Review's "Best Books of 2013"

The shocking end is only the beginning . . .

#1 bestselling author Jeffery Deaver has created the most riveting and original novel of the year-a race-against-the-clock mystery, told in reverse.

THE OCTOBER LIST

Gabriela waits desperately for news of her abducted daughter.
At last, the door opens.
But it's not the negotiators. It's not the FBI.
It's the kidnapper.
And he has a gun.

How did it come to this?

Two days ago, Gabriela's life was normal. Then, out of the blue, she gets word that her six-year-old daughter has been taken. She's given an ultimatum: pay half a million dollars and find a mysterious document known as the "October List" within 30 hours, or she'll never see her child again. 

A mind-bending novel with twists and turns that unfold from its dramatic climax back to its surprising beginning, THE OCTOBER LIST is Jeffery Deaver at his masterful, inventive best.