A Maiden's Grave
by Jeff Deaver | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0451188489 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0451188489 Global Overview for this book
1 journaler for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by babyimran from Kajang, Sultanate of Selangor (Shah Alam) Malaysia on Thursday, December 11, 2003
If gobbling a book in one sitting is an indicator, then A Maiden's Grave is a screaming hit. - New York Times Book Review
From the back cover :
Eight deaf girls and their teachers are pulled off a school bus along a windswept Kansas road. They are held hostage in an abandoned slaughterhouse by escaped murderer Lou Handy and two fellow inmates. They threaten to kill one hostage an hour unless their demands are met.
Called to the scene is Arthur Potter, the FBI's senior hostage negotiater, who meets in Lou Handy the toughest adversary of his carerr. As Potter struggles to outwit Handy, hostage Melanie Charrol takes on the killers in a desperate effort to save her students.
The clock is ticking as a terrifying game of cat and mouse begins...
May 16, 2007 - its about time that I read the book and let the book travel (and to make way for new books).
From the back cover :
Eight deaf girls and their teachers are pulled off a school bus along a windswept Kansas road. They are held hostage in an abandoned slaughterhouse by escaped murderer Lou Handy and two fellow inmates. They threaten to kill one hostage an hour unless their demands are met.
Called to the scene is Arthur Potter, the FBI's senior hostage negotiater, who meets in Lou Handy the toughest adversary of his carerr. As Potter struggles to outwit Handy, hostage Melanie Charrol takes on the killers in a desperate effort to save her students.
The clock is ticking as a terrifying game of cat and mouse begins...
May 16, 2007 - its about time that I read the book and let the book travel (and to make way for new books).
