by Adrian McKinty · Longanesi · tapa dura · ISBN 9788830453111
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«The Chain» is the psychological thriller by Adrian McKinty, published by Longanesi in hardcover, with 352 pages, in Italian.
Rachel Klein is an ordinary mother whose daughter Kylie is kidnapped. To get her back, paying a ransom is not enough: she must take part in «the Chain», a mechanism that forces her to kidnap someone else's child. With a twenty-four-hour deadline, Rachel faces a moral dilemma that pushes her to become a criminal to save her daughter.
Italian edition published in August 2019, translated by Alberto Pezzotta. The work won the Barry Award and the ITW Thriller Award.
For readers of psychological thrillers and suspense who are looking for a disturbing premise and an extreme moral dilemma.
Adrian McKinty is a Northern Irish writer of crime and mystery novels and young adult fiction, best known for his 2020 award-winning thriller, The Chain, and the Sean Duffy novels set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. He is a winner of the Edgar Award, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, the Macavity Award, the Ned Kelly Award, the Barry Award, the Audie Award, the Anthony Award and the International Thriller Writers Award. He has been shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
