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VERTICAL RUN

DAVID ELLIOT IS ABOUT TO HAVE A VERY BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE.

EACH MORNING IN HIS FORTY-FIFTH FLOOR EXECUTIVE SUITE, DAVID SAVORS THE QUIET MOMENTS BEFORE THE WORKDAY BEGINS. UNTIL TODAY, WHEN HIS BOSS WALKS IN AND AIMS A GUN AT HIM, MURDER GLINTING IN HIS EYE.

FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, DAVID WILL BE TRAPPED IN A MIDTOWN TOWER WITH A TEAM OF RUTHLESS AND PROFESSIONAL MERCENARIES. EVERYONE HE MEETS—AND KNOWS—WILL TRY TO KILL HIM. THEY EXPECT HIM TO BE DEAD BY LUNCHTIME.

BUT THEY’RE WRONG.

THIS IS THE “KILLER” WORKDAY REDEFINED, A HIGH-STAKES AND WHIPLASH-PACED DRAMA THAT PLAYS OUT WITH AN ELECTRIFYING INTENSITY. YOU’LL NEVER SEE THE OFFICE THE SAME WAY AGAIN.

JOSEPH GARBER

GARBER WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, MOVED AROUND A LOT AS AN ARMY BRAT.

HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, BUT QUIT TO JOIN THE U.S. ARMY, EVENTUALLY GRADUATING FROM EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1968 WITH A PHILOSOPHY DEGREE.

GARBER WORKED FOR AT&T AND BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON FOR A DECADE, WRITING IN HIS SPARE TIME.

AFTER A PROLONGED ILLNESS, HE QUIT HIS JOB AND MOVED TO CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE WROTE FOR FORBES MAGAZINE

GARBER HAD WRITTEN A NON FICTION MANUSCRIPT, IN SEARCH OF SHABBINESS, BUT ON THE ADVICE OF LITERARY AGENTS, HE REWROTE IT AS THE NOVEL RASCAL MONEY AND BOOM OFF TO THE RACES AS A PRO. FOLLOWING RASCAL MONEY CAME

VERTICAL RUN, WHICH WAS AN INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLER. BOUGHT BY BOTH WARNER BROS AND JON PETERS IN THE 1990S ONLY TO BE SHELVED IN PRE-PRODUCTION.

HE WROTE TWO MORE NOVELS BEFORE PASSING DUE TO A HEART ATTACK ON MAY 27, 2005.

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Deep Cut Books: Joseph Garber's Vertical Run