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in New York City, The United States

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Thriller, Mystery, Fiction

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CHRIS PAVONE is the New York Times-bestselling author of international thrillers including THE EXPATS and, most recently, TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON; his sixth novel, THE DOORMAN, publishes May 20, 2025. Chris's books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and IndieNext; have won both the Edgar and Anthony awards, and have been shortlisted for the Strand, Macavity, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize; are in development for film and television; and have been translated into more than two dozen languages.

He has written for outlets including the New York Times Book Review and Magazine, the Telegraph, and Salon; has appeared on Face the Nation, Good Day New York, Al ...more

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Average rating: 3.61 · 107,919 ratings · 13,347 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Two Nights in Lisbon 3.71 avg rating — 38,291 ratings — published 2022 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Expats (Kate Moore, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 39,325 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accident 3.63 avg rating — 11,737 ratings — published 2014 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doorman 3.91 avg rating — 8,494 ratings — published 2025 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Travelers 3.62 avg rating — 7,584 ratings — published 2016 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Paris Diversion (Kate Moore, #2) 3.52 avg rating — 5,991 ratings — published 2019 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accident: Free e-sampler really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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You very often can, and should, tell a book by its cover. That's what covers are for, after all: to communicate to readers what the book is, whether (or not) it's for them. If I were browsing in a bookstore, I would absolutely not think MARGO is for ...more
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Of all the suspense writers working today, for me Tana French's books are the consistently most enjoyable, I think because she does such a great job of creating characters. And this book is another masterpiece. All these characters are memorable and ...more
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“It was impossible to understand how brief it is. It seemed like youth would last so long; it would last forever. But it's just a blink.”
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“And everyone's in the same situation, basically: we're all finding our separate ways, together.”
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