Seven Minutes to Noon
Seven Minutes to Noon book cover

Seven Minutes to Noon

Paperback – May 7, 2011

Price
$17.77
Format
Paperback
Pages
314
Publisher
Blue Table Books
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0983499084
Dimensions
5 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Weight
12 ounces

Description

"A gripping story that pulls you in and doesn't let go until the end." --Book Review Café"From its brief but memorably creepy prologue to its haunting conclusion, [Lief]'s novel is a chilling look at how just a few minutes can turn very ordinary lives upside down..." --Toxic Universe"In Seven Minutes to Noon ...[Lief] takes the fears every mother has for her children and exploits it to a terrifying degree." --Reviewers Choice"You'll startle at every strange sound.... Best not to be alone when turning the pages of Seven Minutes to Noon ." --Bookloons To learn more about my work, please visit my website katialief.com Facebook /readkatialief Instagram katia.lief Twitter @KatiaLief Katia Lief is the USA Today and internationallybestselling author of several novels, including THE MONEY KILL, book 4in the acclaimed Karin Schaeffer thriller series published byHarperCollins. Her work has been nominated for the Mary Higgins ClarkAward, Derringer Award, and RT Reviewers Choice Award.xa0 Her most recentnovels, LAST NIGHT and A MAP OF THE DARK, were published pseudonymouslyas Karen Ellis by Mulholland Books/Little, Brown.xa0 Katia teaches fiction writing at The New School for Social Research. She lives in Brooklyn. Read more

Features & Highlights

  • THE DAY SEEMS PERFECTLY ORDINARY...UNTIL LAUREN DOESN'T COME HOME
  • .Alice Halpern waits for her best friend at the playground where they always meet with their children in their comfortable Brooklyn neighborhood. But when Lauren doesn't come home, then fails to pick her son up from school, a normal day turns into a nightmare-and Alice begins to realize that nothing will ever be ordinary again.The police desperately search for Lauren, who is nearly nine months pregnant. Alice, herself pregnant, realizes she's being followed and has the creeping fear that she and her unborn twins are in danger. As the investigation intensifies, Alice is shocked as her familiar world begins to unravel. And as new life grows within her, she must fight to save her family-and herself...
  • Praise for
  • USA Today
  • and international bestseller Katia Lief's novels:
  • "Mesmerizing." --Lisa Gardner
  • "Mesmerizing." --Lisa Gardner
  • "Nail-biting suspense." --Richard Montanari
  • "Nail-biting suspense." --Richard Montanari
  • "Taut, clean storytelling." --Publishers Weekly
  • "Taut, clean storytelling."
  • --Publishers Weekly
  • "A new force to reckon with in...suspense." --Donna Anders
  • "A new force to reckon with in...suspense." --Donna Anders
  • "Suspense at a high level." --Midwest Book Review
  • "Suspense at a high level."
  • --Midwest Book Review
  • "Readers will want to read more of this talented writer's work." --New York Journal of Books
  • "Readers will want to read more of this talented writer's work."
  • --New York Journal of Books

Customer Reviews

Rating Breakdown

★★★★★
30%
(122)
★★★★
25%
(101)
★★★
15%
(61)
★★
7%
(28)
23%
(93)

Most Helpful Reviews

✓ Verified Purchase

Don't judge the author by this book

I bought this book after reading the amazing five days in summer, here she lies and one cold night - all very well written, suspenseful novels. I started with this info because IMO, seven minutes to noon is nothing like the books that made me fall in love with this author. It started off okay, got thoroughly depressing, then picked up slightly. Yet by two thirds through, the plot was all over the place - and the final parts seemed quite unlikely. Parts of the story were left hanging with no further explanation and the conclusion - left no real conclusion at all. If you start with this book, my recommendation is to not judge the author by this book alone. Her other books are fantastic. If you already read one or two others, you may just want to skip this. It may leave you more frustrated than satisfied. I gave it a three since the story itself was a bummer, but again - I do like this author!
1 people found this helpful