滿額折
The Contest
商品資訊
ISBN13：9781915523457
出版社：Watkins Media Limited
作者：Jeff Macfee
出版日：2025/02/11
裝訂／頁數：平裝／400頁
規格：13cm*19.7cm (高/寬)
版次：無法解析
商品簡介
商品簡介
In this crime novel, a previous puzzle prodigy returns to the competing world. A thoughtful, low-stakes mystery, perfect for fans of The Queen''s Gambit.
Once a child prodigy of puzzles and logic games, Gillian Charles now barely ekes out a living in Los Angeles. With her sick mother facing eviction from her care facility, Gillian can''t say no when her childhood nemesis, Tommy, shows up at her apartment with a $50k offer. All she has to do is return to the place where it all started, where she swore she''d never set foot again: Miscellany.
Miscellany is a place of wonder and enchantmenta Disney World for puzzle lovers, and one that quickly owns the lives of those who stay too long. Tommy is running the park''s latest big game, and he''s convinced someone is leaking the answers. With investment and expansion in the cards, Miscellany cant afford a scandal. As a former puzzler who kept her distance from Miscellany for twenty years, Gillian should find it easy to investigate while avoiding Miscellanys charms and entanglements.But when Gillian arrives, she discovers things aren''t so straightforward.
Her turncoat ex-friend Martin Ellsberg holds the security reins, Tommys estranged wife Evelina spins PR webs around the parks machinations, and the manipulative park founder Sebastian offers her the financial security and intellectual future she always wanted. With her mothers circumstances growing more dire, and under pressure to sweep the accusations under the rug, Gillian finds childhood games all the more treacherous for adults.
Miscellany is offering Gillian the life she always wanted. But at what price?
Once a child prodigy of puzzles and logic games, Gillian Charles now barely ekes out a living in Los Angeles. With her sick mother facing eviction from her care facility, Gillian can''t say no when her childhood nemesis, Tommy, shows up at her apartment with a $50k offer. All she has to do is return to the place where it all started, where she swore she''d never set foot again: Miscellany.
Miscellany is a place of wonder and enchantmenta Disney World for puzzle lovers, and one that quickly owns the lives of those who stay too long. Tommy is running the park''s latest big game, and he''s convinced someone is leaking the answers. With investment and expansion in the cards, Miscellany cant afford a scandal. As a former puzzler who kept her distance from Miscellany for twenty years, Gillian should find it easy to investigate while avoiding Miscellanys charms and entanglements.But when Gillian arrives, she discovers things aren''t so straightforward.
Her turncoat ex-friend Martin Ellsberg holds the security reins, Tommys estranged wife Evelina spins PR webs around the parks machinations, and the manipulative park founder Sebastian offers her the financial security and intellectual future she always wanted. With her mothers circumstances growing more dire, and under pressure to sweep the accusations under the rug, Gillian finds childhood games all the more treacherous for adults.
Miscellany is offering Gillian the life she always wanted. But at what price?
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