- Hardcover: 340 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Headline Australia; First Printing edition (6 Oct 2000)
- ISBN-10: 0340770058
- ISBN-13: 978-0340770054
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,068,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Following the success of "The Quiet Game", bestselling author Greg Iles has written a taut psychological thriller that will hold readers in its grip until the final page. Hickey is a kidnapper with a difference: he targets his victims carefully and no one ever gets hurt. Paperback: ISBN 0340792663, $29.95.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is an excellent thiller. Although nothing to do with the TV series of the same name, this book has the same pace and sense of urgency. The characters are very real and this story will make you care about them!
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Joe, Hickey and Cheryl are kidnappers. They abduct children, ask for a moderate ransom in the form of a wire so that the transaction runs smoothly and is completed within 24 hours.
As they are about to kidnap Abby, Will and Karen Jennings's daughter, they can hardly imagine that this time their operation is going to be anything but easy-going. As for the victims, they are about to spend the worst 24 hours in their lives.
As they are about to kidnap Abby, Will and Karen Jennings's daughter, they can hardly imagine that this time their operation is going to be anything but easy-going. As for the victims, they are about to spend the worst 24 hours in their lives.
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40 of 43 people found the following review helpful
You will want to finish this in 24 hours
29 Aug 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
As one might expect based on the title, this novel by Greg Iles covers a 24-hour period. I only wish that I had been able to finish it in 24 hours. The book was extremely good. In fact, it was nearly impossible to put down, continually tugging against work and family obligations. The book grabs you in the first few pages and does not let go, with a storyline of kidnapping for ransom that hits right at every parents' worst nightmare. The intensity and buildup of the story, combined with the ruthlessness of the villain make this a story that is not for the weak of heart. However, as the story progresses, the character development lets the reader understand the egos, anxieties, and motivations of a broad set of characters -- and also drives the reader to form an affinity or antipathy for most characters. It is a very compelling read. I strongly recommend this book.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
this is a cool book
16 Oct 2002
Format:Paperback
This book (Trapped) is a suspenseful and thrilling book. I would read this book again and again. The main character, Joey Hickey, is a cruel and cold-hearted man, but he fits his part in the book. If you start to read this book, you will not want to put it down until your done. I think that the book keeps you thinking and its unpredictable. I think everyone who likes mysteries should read Trapped, By Greg Iles
32 of 36 people found the following review helpful
24 Hours grabbed my imagination and did not let go.
12 Oct 2002
Format:Paperback
Even though I was warned to not start reading this book when I was ready to go to sleep, I figured that I could read for fifteen minutes, then call it a night. That was about 11:00 PM. A few minutes later I glanced at the clock -- it was after 3:30 AM. That is a page-turner.
24 Hours was released in paperback in July 2001, then re-released as Trapped. It is the basis for the movie starring Kevin Bacon, Charlize Theron, and Courtney Love. Many elements contributed to the book's success and ultimate destiny as a film. Paramount is the story telling that allows the reader to suspend disbelief, which is not that difficult due to due to the recent slate of child abductions and the aftermath. We see events like this happening, and our own knowledge interpreted by imagination creates the horror Iles describes.
This is more than a suspenseful thriller. It taps into the psychology of criminal and victim, woman and mother, father and hunter, prey and survivor. The characters are deep, and deeply disturbing. To play out a kidnapping and keep those involved from ever discussing it, is masterful. The villain has done this every year for five years, and it has never been reported. The plot shows the complexities of the intricate plans of a methodical and intelligent man who has turned to crime, but he when he makes a mistake and chooses the wrong target it changes all of the rules.
Unfortunately, some of the reviews of the movie indicate that it was not translated onto celluloid well, but it deserves five stars as a novel...
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