The Chopin Manuscript… a unique thriller
I hate sitting on things, and for the last few months I’ve been sitting on something very interesting indeed. Finally the news just broke today. I will give you more details shortly but if you want to get the quick scoop take a look here.
A bunch of authors under the leadership of Jeffery Deaver and the editorship of Jim Fusilli have broken new ground by writing a serial thriller, one chapter per author (except for JD). It is as an audio download on Audible. Jeffery writes the opening and closing chapters. Lee Child, Joseph Finder and Lisa Scottoline are among the contributors. The project was put together by International Thrillerwriters.
And I wrote the second chapter after Jeffery’s cracking opener, taking his scene-setter in Warsaw on to Rome. The audio book is voiced by the incomparable Alfred Molina.
If you’d like my views on this very enjoyable project you can find them here on davidhewson.com. But I suspect you’d rather head off and see the author videos shot at Thrillerfest, New York, and grab the chance to listen to the first chapter for free and, for a short while, get a discount on the whole thing. Take a look at Audible’s special site for the project here.
Entries (RSS)
Hi Daivd,
I would like to ask whether The Chopin Manuscript is going to be published. I’m very interested in this story but I prefer to read the story myself. Thank you.
Best regards,
Aik
Hi Aik. I’m afraid there isn’t a short answer to this question because it depends where you live. Chopin is, I believe, going to appear in print in a number of territories. Probably best to look at the ITW site http://www.thrillerwriters.org for details. I believe it will also shortly be available for download as a book from Amazon through Kindle.
But I would like to suggest you try it as an audio title. It was written to be audio, and the contribution that Alfred Molina makes as narrator is as substantial as any of the authors in my opinion. You can listen to the first chapter for free too at Audible I think. Chopin was very much an experiment, one that turned out to be bigger than any of us involved appreciated I expect. The audio side of it is important I think.