Books From The Backlog - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch

     

Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to Books from the Backlog, the weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books.  This is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile.  I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon.

This Week's Neglected Book

The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch

Published: November 1, 2009

Genre: Sci-Fi Mystery Thriller

My Copy: 

Format: Hardback

Pages: 338

Where I Acquired It: An craft/ antique mall

Summary (From the book jacket since the one on Goodreads is like one line long):

A mesmerizing thriller - told in reverse! The 13th Hour is the story of a man given the chance to go back in time in one hour increments to prevent a vicious crime from destroying his life.

Nick Quinn is being held in jail, accused of the murder of beloved wife, Julia.  He knows she's dead; he saw her bloody corpse, shot in the head at point-blank range. The police tell him they found the murder weapon with his fingerprints on it in the trunk of his car.  Nick is confused, grief-stricken - and completely innocent.

At 9 p.m. on July 28, a gray-haired gentleman visits Nick in the police interrogation room and asks him a simple question: "If you could get out of here, if you could save her, would you?" He hands Nick a golden talisman that allows Nick to go back in time, one hour at a time, for a total of twelve hours.  With each hour that Nick travels back, he finds more clues to the identity of Julia's real killer, but he also discovers that his actions in the past may have unexpected repercussions in the future.

In his race against time to save the woman he loves most in the world, Nick will find that friends become enemies, old loyalties are tested, and Julia's murder is part of a larger scheme that has its roots in greed and vengeance.  Nick has the ability to save Julia, the chance to put his own world in balance, but he is venturing down a precarious route.  If he hasn't set things right by the thirteenth hour, his desperate attempts to save Julia's life may lead to a far greater catastrophe than he could have ever imagined.

 A surprising and utterly original thriller, The 13th Hour is pure page-turning suspense - full of double crosses, cliffhangers, and shocking revelations.

Why Did I Add It?

This just sounds pretty awesome to me!

Have you read this thoughts or would you read it?  Would you recommend it to me?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!