Robert crais is not an author i had read before i obtained a copy of hostage. Read online and download as many books as you like for personal use. Talley takes the chiefofpolice job in a sleepy, affluent suburb, but he is soon plunged back into the. Books has the worlds largest selection of new and used titles to suit any readers tastes. Robert crais pronounced to rhyme with chase born june 20, 1953 is an american author of detective fiction. The scenes in which joe saves isabel from her captors and the final shootout among a colorful array of hit men, police, and u. The last detective jefferson county public library. Hostage southeast florida library association overdrive.
Jul 28, 2002 robert crais is not an author i had read before i obtained a copy of hostage. Would you sacrifice another family to save your own. Marshals stand as highwater marks among crais s illustrious crime oeuvre. 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.
Hostage jeff talley was a good husband, a fine father, and a front line negotiator with lapds swat unit. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hostage. Robert crais is the author of the bestselling elvis cole novels. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Hostage southeastern libraries cooperating overdrive. Wilde later returns with friends robert sherard and arthur conan doyle, but the. 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. His writing is influenced by raymond chandler, dashiell hammett, ernest hemingway, robert b. Hostage black gold cooperative library system overdrive.
When things get out of control, and with the police on their tail, they flee the scene and invade a home in an exclusive gated community, taking a panicked family hostage. Most of crais books feature the characters elvis cole and joe pike, with the watchman 2007, the first rule 2010 and the sentry 2011 centering on joe pike. Its complex, multidimensional hero was a damaged cop haunted by her past failures. Hostage the free library of philadelphia overdrive. Demolition angel, hostage, suspect, and the twominute rule. The last detective toronto public library overdrive. Below is a listing of robert s novels in order of publication. 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 ebook published july 22nd 2009 by fawcett ebook, 384 pages authors. Budapest 78 8634 buday 1 387 budd 24 90342 budda 4 43426 budde.
Hostage ebook king county library system bibliocommons. The last detective williamsburg regional library overdrive. Find bestselling books, new releases, and classics in every category, from harper lees to kill a mockingbird to the latest by stephen king or the next installment in the diary of a wimpy kid childrens book series. Requiem is a gritty, harrowing look into the minds of a serial killer and the men determined to stop him. Unable to talk down a despondent father before he murders his wife and son and takes his own life, talley plummets into a downward spiral. The last detective arlington public library overdrive. The last detective hawaii state public library system. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hostage. Hostage prince william public library system overdrive. Full supports all version of your device, includes pdf, epub and kindle version. Last year, after eight popular books featuring private eye elvis cole including l. Requiem and demolition angel can refer not just to the two.
The last detective jefferson county public library overdrive. Hostage the title of craiss fiery third thriller after l. My mission is now to read his other efforts for this was a compelling page turner. The last detective greater phoenix digital library. Requiem returns with his most intense and intricate thriller yet. Requiem and voodoo river, he produced demolition angel, his first standalone suspense novel. Hostage poudre river public library district overdrive. Nine months ago, a shocking assault by unidentified men killed scott james partner, stephanie, nearly killed him, and left him enraged, ashamed, and ready to explode. Hostage ebook hennepin county library bibliocommons.
Jeff talley left his highstress job as a frontline negotiator with the lapds swat unit when he failed to prevent a man from killing his family and then himself. Hostage is a 2001 thriller novel by robert crais, set in fictional bristo bay, california, about a small town police chief named jeff talley with memories of a failed. But the highstress, unforgiving job took an irreparable toll on his psyche. Jennifer nodded in and out of a light drowse, never quite sleeping, listening to the helicopters and the squawk of police voices that she could not understand. The last detective forsyth county public library overdrive. Jeff talley was a good husband, a fine father, and a front line negotiator with lapds swat unit.
With his acclaimed bestsellers, hostage and demolition angel, robert crais drew raves for his unstoppable pacing, edgy characterizations, and cinematic prose. A native of louisiana, he grew up in a blue collar family of oil refinery workers and police officers, and was trained as a mechanical engineer before pursuing his dream of becoming a writer. Elvis cole and former cop joe pike have been partners in a detective agency for 12 years. The last detective santa monica public library overdrive. When frank meyer and his family are executed during a home invasion, the police begin investigating the secret life theyre sure meyer had. Parodies, pastiches, burlesques, travesties and satires. Jeff talley, a former lapd swat team hostage negotiator has left that position due to a hostage situation which haunts his life.
Crais begins the story with deceptive simplicity but ratchets up both the tension and the action with surgical precision. The last detective the ohio digital library overdrive. Hostage pinellas public library cooperative overdrive. The year of each novels original publication is in parenthesis next to the title.
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