When Edward Goodwin penned his only novel, the country stood up and took notice, turning him into a hero overnight. Frederick Lowell has spent years managing the estate of one of America’s greatest authors. It did not let me down and had me rushing to finish it in a single sitting. Needing a quick short story to end a day of reading, I turned to this Jeffrey Deaver piece, as it sounds quite intriguing. Originally published in The Strand Magazine, 2012. “The Sequel” by Jeffrey Deaver is one of 20 short stories within Mulholland Books’s Strand Originals series, featuring thrilling stories by the biggest names in mystery from the Strand Magazine archives. “The Sequel” is Jeffrey Deaver at his finest, diabolically plotted and filled with rich characterizations. Then word comes that a sequel to the novel may in fact exist, and Lowell becomes a detective, navigating a series of startling twists that take him from a Hamptons retreat to a state penitentiary, from a Westchester homestead to a decaying Southern hotel. Though the author of only one novel, that book has gone on to sell hundreds of millions of copies, keeping Lowell comfortable, as well as Goodwin’s ne’er-do-well and feckless children. Though the author of only one novel, that book has gone on to sell hundreds of millions of copies, keeping Lowell comfortable, as well as Goodwi When a lawyer discovers the possible existence of a lost, secret second novel from America’s favorite writer, all hell breaks loose.įor years, Frederick Lowell has quietly managed the estate of the revered novelist Edward Goodwin.
For years, Frederick Lowell has quietly managed the estate of the revered novelist Edward Goodwin. When a lawyer discovers the possible existence of a lost, secret second novel from America’s favorite writer, all hell breaks loose.
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