Elevator Pitch: A Novel

from BettyTaylor56

I really enjoyed Barclay's last book A NOISE DOWNSTAIRS and he did not disappoint with his newest one ELEVATOR PITCH. You may never look at elevators the same way again. New York City, a truly “vertical city”, is paralyzed when random elevators inexplicably plummet to the ground. But are they tru...

from tottman

Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay raises the terrifying prospect of what would happen in the world's most vertical city if somebody were tampering with the elevators. When the first accident happens on Monday in Manhattan no one thinks much about it. When it happens again on Tuesday, people begin...

from kbranfield

4.5 stars. Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay is an absolutely riveting mystery with an ingenious storyline. New Yorkers are soon in the grip of fear during a series of deadly elevator mishaps and a spate of bombings. At the same time, Detectives Jerry Bourque and Lois Delgado are investigating ...

from SilversReviews

Malfunctioning, crashing-to-the-ground elevators two days in a row, a third elevator crash the following day, and then a dead man who is an elevator-repair person with finger tips sawed off and his face mutilated is what the New York police have to deal with. What is the connection between the de...

from LibraryCin

When there are elevator mishaps in New York City three days in a row – mishaps where people died in each one – the mayor must take drastic steps. Meanwhile, there is a reporter, Barbara Matheson, a single mom to a now-adult daughter (though her parents raised her daughter), who seems to have a gr...