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Hostage
Robert Crais
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Description for Hostage
Paperback. Would you sacrifice another family to save your own? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Would you sacrifice another family to save your own?
Jeff Talley left his high-stress job as a frontline negotiator with the LAPD's SWAT unit when he failed to prevent a man from killing his family and then himself. Talley takes the chief-of-police job in a sleepy, affluent suburb, but he is soon plunged back into the high-pressure world he left behind when three young men, fleeing a robbery, burst into a home and take the family hostage.
For Talley, the nightmare has barely begun. Because this isn't just any house. It belongs to an accountant who launders money for LA's renegade Mafia family - and they don't want the police involved...
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
250g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409138242
SKU
V9781409138242
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99-4
About Robert Crais
Robert Crais is the author of the bestselling Cole & Pike novels. A native of Louisiana, Crais moved to Hollywood in the late 70s where he began a successful career in television, writing scripts for such major series as CAGNEY & LACEY, MIAMI VICE and HILL STREET BLUES. In the mid 80s, following his success with the TV buddy genre, Crais created a series of crime novels based around the characters Cole & Pike. In addition, Crais has also written several bestselling standalone thrillers. In 2014 he became a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. Robert Crais lives in Los Angeles with his wife and family. Find out more at www.robertcrais.com.
Reviews for Hostage
If you're new to Crais HOSTAGE is a brilliant intro. Read this, then read all his others
DAILY MIRROR
Crais just gets better and better
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
[Crais has] succeeded in wringing the maximum thrills from the story of a liquor store hold-up that goes wrong ... The suspense is kept up throughout
DAILY TELEGRAPH
A brilliantly engineered thriller . . . Meticulously planned and orchestrated narrative . . . Enough plot for three run-of-the-mill novels . . . Characterisation as powerful as the logistics, with children under pressure, mother-killing psychopath and doomed mobster especially impressive. Allocate time for reading; you won't want to leave the book alone for long
LITERARY REVIEW
Another terrific stand-alone novel . . . Blistering
OBSERVER
Crais remains in excellent form with another stand-alone novel and easily one of the most compelling thrillers of the year
DEADLY PLEASURES
DAILY MIRROR
Crais just gets better and better
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
[Crais has] succeeded in wringing the maximum thrills from the story of a liquor store hold-up that goes wrong ... The suspense is kept up throughout
DAILY TELEGRAPH
A brilliantly engineered thriller . . . Meticulously planned and orchestrated narrative . . . Enough plot for three run-of-the-mill novels . . . Characterisation as powerful as the logistics, with children under pressure, mother-killing psychopath and doomed mobster especially impressive. Allocate time for reading; you won't want to leave the book alone for long
LITERARY REVIEW
Another terrific stand-alone novel . . . Blistering
OBSERVER
Crais remains in excellent form with another stand-alone novel and easily one of the most compelling thrillers of the year
DEADLY PLEASURES