The Chain (novel)

[1] McKinty quit writing in 2017 after being evicted from his rented house, citing a lack of income from his novels, and instead took work as an Uber driver and a bartender.

[2] Upon hearing of his situation, fellow crime author Don Winslow passed some of his books to his agent, the screenwriter and producer Shane Salerno.

[4] In June 2020, Universal Pictures acquired the film rights to the novel, with Edgar Wright directing and producing the project and Jane Goldman writing the screenplay.

[6] Rachel, a divorcée who is undergoing treatment for cancer, gets a call stating that her daughter, Kylie, has been kidnapped and she is now part of The Chain.

However, Kylie, realizing the twins’ duplicity, shoots Olly dead, while Rachel, after a brutal fight, fatally stabs Ginger with a broken glass shard.