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The Escape Artist

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By Brad Meltzer

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On Sale
Mar 6, 2018
Page Count
592 pages
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-13
9781455571222

Price

$47.00

Price

$60.00 CAD

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  2. Hardcover
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  4. Trade Paperback

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  1. Hardcover (Large Print) $47.00 $60.00 CAD
  2. ebook $9.99 $12.99 CAD
  3. Hardcover $41.00 $52.00 CAD
  4. Audiobook Download (Unabridged)
  5. Trade Paperback $19.99 $25.99 CAD

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Nola Brown, the U.S. Army’s artist-in-residence—a painter and trained soldier—sees something nobody was supposed to see and earns a dangerous enemy in this suspenseful thriller.

“A launched torpedo slashing through 400 pages of deep water before reaching impact … one of the best thrill rides ever” —David Baldacci, New York Times bestselling author


Who is Nola Brown?

She’s supposed to be dead.

Her body was found on a plane that mysteriously fell from the sky as it left a secret military base in the Alaskan wilderness. Her commanding officer verifies she’s dead. The US government confirms it. But Jim “Zig” Zigarowski has just found out the truth: Nola is still alive. And on the run.

Zig works at Dover Air Force Base, helping put to rest the bodies of those who die on top-secret missions. Nola was a childhood friend of Zig’s daughter and someone who once saved his daughter’s life. So when Zig realizes Nola is still alive, he’s determined to find her. Yet as Zig digs into Nola’s past, he learns that trouble follows Nola everywhere she goes.

Together, Nola and Zig will either reveal a sleight of hand being played at the highest levels of power or die trying to uncover the US Army’s most mysterious secret—a centuries-old conspiracy that traces back through history to the greatest escape artist of all: Harry Houdini.

“Meltzer is a master and this is his best. Not since The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo have you seen a character like this. Get ready to meet Nola. If you’ve never tried Meltzer, this is the one.” —Harlan Coben

Genre:

  • Mystery & Thriller
  • Fiction
  • Thrillers
  • Suspense

Series:

  • Zig and Nola

Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle, The Book of Fate, and seven other bestselling thrillers. In addition to his fiction, Brad is one of the only authors to ever have books on the bestseller list for nonfiction (History Decoded), advice (Heroes for My Son and Heroes for My Daughter), children's books (I Am Amelia Earhart and I Am Abraham Lincoln) and even graphic books (Justice League of America).

He is also the host of Brad Meltzer's Decoded on the History Channel, and Brad Meltzer's Lost History on H2. He currently lives in Florida. You can find much more about him at BradMeltzer.com. You can also see what he's doing right now at Facebook.com/BradMeltzer and on Twitter @bradmeltzer.

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Brad Meltzer

About the Author

Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle and ten other bestselling thrillers. He is also the author of the Ordinary People Change the World series of picture book biographies—which includes I am Harriet Tubman—and is the host of the History Channel television shows Decoded and Lost History, in which he helped find the missing 9/11 flag. He lives in Florida. You can find out much more about him at BradMeltzer.com. You can also see what he’s doing right now at Facebook.com/BradMeltzer and on Twitter @bradmeltzer.

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