Point Fury

by John Maxwell

Book Overview

This brilliant debut thriller adds a Survivor-esque twist to a classic mind game of cat and mouse. Taking full advantage of an isolated, desolate Maryland island setting, Maxwell weaves a story of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743222075
• ISBN13: 9780743222075
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A Great Thriller!

This is a very good book. The plot is very interesting. If you are into Stephen King books you will like this one.

Point Fury is a subtle and suspenseful thriller

Maxwell draws us skillfully into the world of the main character, Chris Nielsen, a young rock musician who has hit bottom in his personal life. When Chris takes a job house-sitting for a friend of his father's, he finds himself at the mercy of a manipulative, altogether terrifying psychopath. The character of Chris is so well-drawn that the reader identifies with him and understands him, and therefore shares his mounting fear as Chris realizes, slowly, what kind of a situation he is in. By the same token, the deeply disturbing insanity of Ted Harper is revealed only slowly as the book progresses, which makes him more real, and therefore more terrifying. This book does not rely on cheap pyrotechnics to create a completely suspenseful situation -- the author creates believeable and thoroughly realized characters, and then lets them create the situation. I found this book to be very realistic and subtle. The suspense builds slowly and inexorably throughout, until the cathartic and bloody finale. Once I started this book, I simply couldn't put it down.

Thrilling!

After reading Stephen King's positive review, I decided to check this book out, and...wow! What a debut! Maxwell has created a memorably creepy villain, and a likeable (if somewhat confused) hero. I stayed up all night and read this book in one sitting - it's that good. If you're a fan of twisty, dark, psychological thrillers, then "Point Fury" is for you.

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Right from the opening page, Maxwell proves he's in contention with Gorman, Koontz, and Morrell as one of the great thriller writers.POINT FURY takes thrillseekers to a darker dimension, past the edge of their seats, and into a higher intensity... madness never felt this good before. A stunning debut! Gary S. Potter Author/Poet

dark suspense thriller

Chris Nielson has lost his job in the rock and roll band he has played with for years and his long time girlfriend has thrown him out physically after he kept her out of his life emotionally. Needing to regroup and reenergize, he accepts a job as a house sitter for his father's friend on a tiny island off the Maryland Coast connected to the mainland by an unnamed, almost hidden bridge. The owner of the house, Ted Harper, is a very successful, wealthy and powerful businessman who decides to show Chris that he isn't living up to his potential. When he discovers what his employee is doing, Chris takes his revenge in a very diabolical manner. His satisfaction is very short lived because he crossed the wrong person, a man who knows how to take care of his enemies. John Maxwell's debut novel is the ultimate in suspense, a work that could have been created by Anthony Shaffer (SLEUTH) or Ira Levin (DEATHTRAP) because it is so darkly foreboding and atmospheric. POINT FURY stars two characters, neither of them very likable, making it remarkable that readers become involved in the torturous mind games that the predator designs for his prey. This is a very well designed novel that once started can't be put down until the audience finds out how things turn out.Harriet Klausner