Downstate: A Novella (Special Agent Constant Marlowe)

Name: Downstate: A Novella (Special Agent Constant Marlowe)
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Rating: 4.3 (5661 reviews)
Author: Jeffery Deaver

by Jeffery Deaver

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4.3 (5,661)

4.3 stars from 5,661 reviews. One of the highest rated Mystery Thriller books we track.

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Perfect for you if...

You love tight, high-stakes thrillers where the protagonist is always one step behind and the stakes keep escalating.
You enjoy Deaver's puzzle-box plotting and want a novella you can devour in one sitting without losing the intricate twists.
You're drawn to stories where small-town facades hide dangerous secrets and nowhere is actually safe.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer sprawling multi-book series and find novellas feel too short to properly invest in characters.
You want your thrillers grounded in procedure and realism rather than fast-paced plot reversals and conspiracies.
You're looking for character-driven fiction where relationships and internal conflict matter more than the central mystery.

About this book

Special Agent Constant Marlowe travels to rural Illinois in pursuit of "Mr. X," a key figure in organized crime whom she aims to arrest and turn into a cooperating witness. The challenge is that she has no knowledge of his identity or appearance. Marlowe's investigation leads her to a farming community in Downstate Illinois, where vast cornfields obscure the truth and conceal potential dangers. When she encounters a teenage boy's convenience store robbery, she uncovers a conspiracy that disrupts the quiet facade of the small town and places her directly in harm's way.

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Currently #6,245 in the Kindle store — a top-10K bestseller.

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Currently 4.3★ from 5,661 reviews

Gaining approximately 374 new reviews per month. Reader interest is accelerating. Rating has dipped slightly from 4.7 to 4.3.

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