by RobertCrais (Author)
LA REQUIEM - Karen Garcia is missing and her father doesn't trust the cops - so he turns to Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. It seems that Karen may be the latest victim of a distinctive serial killer and the police are determined to pin the blame on a witness. Cole has his doubts, and it's down to him to reveal the killer. But nailing the murderer will mean choosing between the two people he cares about most...DEMOLITION ANGEL - John Michael Fowles has a natural gift: he understands explosives. It is a talent which he fully expects will take him onto the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. Along the way he will match himself against the best - an elite team of FBI bomb technicians. When a special agent discovers the link behind the bombs that are killing his team, he knows he must set a trap - with human bait. HOSTAGE - When a convenience store robbery goes horribly wrong, the teenagers responsible make a run for it and crash into the nearby home of an accountant , taking the family hostage. But the gang have picked the wrong house. The accountant works for the mafia and holds all the local family's financial records. With the mob and the cops soon on the scene, it seems like there's no way out of the nightmarish three-way stand-off...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 880
Publisher: Orion
Published: 20 Oct 2005
ISBN 10: 0752872303
ISBN 13: 9780752872308
Book Overview: Crais's sales go from strength to strength. The first omnibus sold 20,000 copies in trade paperback. LA REQUIEM sold over 15,000 copies in its trade editions, DEMOLITION ANGEL sold 25,000. The blockbuster adaptation of HOSTAGE starring Bruce Willis hit UK screens in spring 05. 'Now add the name Crais to the pantheon of great American writers' Sunday Times Harsh, gruelling and utterly compelling. As good as they come' Literary Review