Die Next

From bestselling author Jonathan Stone comes a pulse-pounding thriller for the digital age that will make you question everything that you have ever saved on your phone. What happens when you inadvertently swap phones with a professional hit man? You're next. Nineteen year-old Zack cannot believe his luck when he learns that a man next to him at a coffee shop accidentally picked up the wrong phone. He's even more surprised when he's able to open the phone and discovers that his new phone-pal is actually a professional killer. Trapped in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game with a highly trained assassin was definitely not how Zack planned to spend his day. Knowing Zack has access to incriminating evidence makes Zack the killer's next target, and with access to Zack's phone, the hitman's job just got a whole lot easier.

“"Stone plays cruel and cunning mind games."-- The New York Times Book Review”

"Die Next is the model of a brilliant and stylish thriller! Rich with character development and it's-like-I'm-there settings, the novel is an adrenaline rush between covers. Bravo!"
--Jeffery Deaver, author of The Bone Collector and The Goodbye Man
"Die Next will keep you on your toes, turning pages and wrestling with that pesky grey area between good and evil."--BookTrib.com
"A book that calls to mind the novels and stories of Jeffery Deaver and the films of director Alfred Hitchcock, Stone's latest successfully exploits many proven tropes of the thriller genre.... A sly commentary on our modern obsession with phones and celebrity, Die Next is truly a high-octane thriller, one that will keep you madly flipping pages, defying your expectations at every turn, as Stone delivers handily on, not only one, but two "high concepts" in one very well-crafted adventure."--Mystery Scene magazine
"A roller-coaster ride that never ends. From the first page through the last, Stone takes us on a wild ride through Manhattan and Brooklyn. What happens when a hitman leaves his phone at a coffee shop is the beginning of a terrific read that never lets up until the tense and nerve-wracking conclusion."--GreatMysteriesAndThrillers.weebly.com
"Crisp, elegant prose distinguishes this exceptional crime thriller from Stone."--Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Moving Day
"Stone belongs with the elite of current mystery writers... He should not be missed."--Publishers Weekly
"Stone creates the kind of people who can make a reader turn pages."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review, on The Heat of Lies
"Stone plays cruel and cunning mind games."--The New York Times Book Review

Jonathan Stone has published eight novels. His Julian Palmer mystery series (The Cold Truth, The Heat of Lies, Breakthrough) was hailed as 'stunning' and 'risk-taking' in starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, and as 'bone-chilling' in The New York Times. His bestseller Moving Day, and his novels Days of Night and Parting Shot, have been optioned for film. He has short stories in the Mystery Writers of America collections The Mystery Box (2013), Ice Cold (2014), as well as Best American Mystery Stories 2016, and New Haven Noir. Jon is married, has a son and daughter, and lives in Connecticut.

From bestselling author Jonathan Stone comes a pulse-pounding thriller for the digital age that will make you question everything that you have ever saved on your phone. What happens when you inadvertently swap phones with a professional hit man? You're next. Nineteen year-old Zack cannot believe his luck when he learns that a man next to him at a coffee shop accidentally picked up the wrong phone. He's even more surprised when he's able to open the phone and discovers that his new phone-pal is actually a professional killer. Trapped in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game with a highly trained assassin was definitely not how Zack planned to spend his day. Knowing Zack has access to incriminating evidence makes Zack the killer's next target, and with access to Zack's phone, the hitman's job just got a whole lot easier.

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