by RobertCrais (Author)
A reckoning has come to the City of Angels ...Karen Garcia is missing and her father doesn't trust the cops - he wants someone he knows on the case - so he enlists the help of Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. It seems that Karen is the latest victim of a distinctive serial killer and the police are determined to pin her death, and four others, on the witness who found her body. Cole doesn't believe the man has the guts to murder, and with his partner and the police at each other's throats, it's down to him to find the connection that will reveal the killer. But nailing the murderer means choosing between the two people he cares most about ...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: 2
Publisher: Orion
Published: 02 Mar 2000
ISBN 10: 0752833952
ISBN 13: 9780752833958
Book Overview: Reissued alongside THE WATCHMAN - new in paperback. Robert Crais is a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author, and all his novels reprints regularly. Crais's HOSTAGE was made into a blockbusting Hollywood movie starring Bruce Willis. Robert Crais always receives fantastic reviews: 'With a pace that never falters, Elvis and Joe burrow through layers of deceit following the death of an ex-girlfriend, with the LAPD itself under suspicion in this tale of double-crossing that is also unbearably poignant. A major US crime series that can no longer be overlooked' Time Out. [A] brilliantly engineered thriller ... allocate time for reading; you won't want to leave the book alone for long' Literary Review. 'Now add the name Crais to the pantheon of great American writers' Sunday Times. 'A big, ambitious book this, and one that is eminently satisfying' Irish Times. 'Crais just gets better and better' Independent on Sunday. 'Read this, then read all his others' Daily Mirror.