Chris Pavone / photo by Nina Subin
I was happy to see in Publishers Marketplace that Christopher Pavone, the author of The Expats—one of my favorite thrillers of 2012 (so far)—is writing another book. The Expats was so good because it asks the reader a provocative question: How well do you know your spouse? (In this case, the spouse in question leads a double life as an undercover spy for the CIA.) The novel had everything I look for in a thriller: a fast pace, intriguing characters, an unusual setting (Luxembourg!). If you haven’t yet discovered this novel, read an interview with the author from the March edition of BookPage. Do you agree with Pavone’s assertion that “most people have no idea what their spouses do all day long”?
Pavone’s new book is called The Accident. It, too, is about a CIA agent—a veteran agent “tracking an anonymous manuscript with a shocking secret.” I’m looking forward to it. What about you?
I loved The Expats; recommended it to friends. Looking forward to reading The Accident.
To answer the question I don’t think most people know what their spouses do all day nor do they really know their spouses as well as they think they do.
Sounds exciting to me. I haven’t read his first novel yet though. I think everyone has a lot of secrets..it is figuring out some of them that may not be great to find out.
I am a high school Library media Specialist. Bought THE EXPATS and faculty and students have been devouring it. Looking forward to THE ACCIDENT.