An edition of Hostage (2001)

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An edition of Hostage (2001)

Hostage

New Ed edition
  • 2.0 (3 ratings) ·
  • 17 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

The bestselling author of Demolition Angel and L.A. Requiem returns with his most intense and intricate thriller yet. As the Los Angeles Times said, Robert Crais is "a crime writer operating at the top of his game." His complex heroes and heroines, his mastery of noir atmosphere, and his brilliant, taut plots have catapulted him into the front rank of a new breed of thriller writers. Hostage proves his earlier success was no fluke. It's an unstoppable read.An ex-con with delusions of grandeur and his tagalong brother unwittingly team up with a psychopath one wrong word away from meltdown. When their late afternoon joyride turns into a random act of violence, they take a family hostage in the affluent bedroom community of Bristo Camino. Enter Chief of Police Jeff Talley, a stressed-out former LAPD SWAT negotiator who is hiding from his past. Plunged back into the high-pressure world that he desperately wants to forget, Talley soon learns that his nightmare has only begun. The hostages are not who they seem, and the home contains secrets that even L.A.'s most lethal and volatile crime lord, Sonny Benza, fears. As Talley tries to hold himself together and save the people inside, the full weight of Benza's wrath descends on him, putting the police chief and his own family at risk. Soon, all involved are held hostage by the exigencies of fate and the only one capable of diffusing the standoff is the least stable of them all.Hostage is a blistering stand-alone thriller with superb characters in crisis, multistranded plotting, and pitch-perfect Southern California sensibility.From the Hardcover edition.

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Hostage
September 5, 2002, Orion mass market paperback
Hardcover - New Ed edition
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Hostage: A Novel
June 25, 2002, Fawcett
Mass Market Paperback in English
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Hostage
2001, Wheeler Pub.
in English
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Hostage
2001, Doubleday
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Hostage
Hostage
2001, Doubleday
in English - 1st ed.

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Library of Congress
PS3553.R264

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
400
Dimensions
6.8 x 4.4 x 1.1 inches
Weight
7.8 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7984356M
Internet Archive
hostage0000crai_j9t1
ISBN 10
0752847872
ISBN 13
9780752847870
OCLC/WorldCat
60511161
Library Thing
2586
Goodreads
464124

First Sentence

"It was one of those high-desert days in the suburban communities north of Los Angeles with the air so dry it was like breathing sand; the sun licked their skin with fire."

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