Killer Move: A Novel

Stephen King hailed Michael Marshall's novel Straw Men as a masterpiece . . . brilliantly written and scary as hell. Now, Marshall returns with this latest unnerving talea creepy, fast-paced thriller that grips you from the first page straight through to its shocking end. Bill Moore already has a lot, but he wants more . . . much more. He's got a lucrative job selling condos in the Florida Keys, a successful wife, a good marriage, a beautiful house. He also has a five-year plan for supersuccess, but that plan has begun to drag into its sixth year without reaping its intended rewards. So now Bill's starting to mix it upjust a littleto accelerate his way into the future that he knows he deserves. Then one morning Bill arrives at work to find a card waiting for him, with no indication who it's from or why it was sent. Its message is just one word: modified. From that moment on, Bill's life begins to change. At first, nothing... [A] subtle and unnerving story of the little things that can tip the balance of ones life and send it spiraling into chaos. Publishers Weekly Stephen King called Michael Marshalls debut novel The Straw Men , a masterpiecebrilliantly written and scary as hell. With Killer Move , the acclaimed author of Bad Things and The Intruders demonstrates that he has only gotten better with time. The electrifying story of a man on the fast track to success who finds that his life has been chillingly modified by someone, somewhere with a very different master plan for his future, Killer Move is a remarkably intelligent, genuinely creepy thriller from Phillip K. Dick Award-winner Marshall. When Bill Moore's Five-year Plan For Success Drags Into Its Sixth Year, He Will Do Anything To Get What He Believes He Deserves In Life, Until He Receives A Strange Card That Causes Everything To Unravel--and Reveals That He Is No Longer In Control Of His Future. Michael Marshall.