num_pages: 498
description: On the windscreen of his SUV, Billy finds the first note.He thinks it's a hoax.The schoolteacher dies.The next note reverses the scenario. If Billy takes the note to the police, a mother of two young children will die. If he doesn't, an unmarried man who won't be much missed will die...Billy must think the unthinkable, fast, in an accelerating nightmare. More communications from the killer follow, with ever tighter deadlines. Each is more personal, more confrontational than the last until he is isolated, with no one to rely on but himself. Finally, he must risk everything to save the intended victims...
language: English
title: Velocity
titlecomplete: Velocity
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Mystery Thriller, Adult, Novels, Crime, Audiobook, Suspense
ratings_count: 63344
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: ITW Thriller Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Harper Collins