The ultimate thriller writer's first large-scale, ticking clock standalone thriller. An escaped convict takes hostage a bus of deaf children. He will kill one an hour . . .
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'Deaver knits a seamless fabric of tightening tension right up to the explosive double whammy ending' (The Times )
'A real chiller, seething with violence and heart-stopping tension' (Sunday Telegraph )
'A gripping, emotional descent into the mind of evil' (Anthony Gallagher, Waterstone's )
'Tension-packed pages take the thriller to a new dimension' (Doris Mousdale, Whitcoulls, New Zealand )
'An authentic and gripping hostage drama' (Toby Wrigley, Book League, South Africa )
'Riveting and sensitively handled' (New Woman ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'A real chiller, seething with violence and heart-stopping tension' (Sunday Telegraph )
'A gripping, emotional descent into the mind of evil' (Anthony Gallagher, Waterstone's )
'Tension-packed pages take the thriller to a new dimension' (Doris Mousdale, Whitcoulls, New Zealand )
'An authentic and gripping hostage drama' (Toby Wrigley, Book League, South Africa )
'Riveting and sensitively handled' (New Woman ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Jeffery Deaver is the award-winning author of three collections of short stories and 30 internationally bestselling novels, including the latest James Bond novel Carte Blanche. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellers The Vanished Man, The Twelfth Card and The Cold Moon, as well as The Bone Collector which was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. The first Kathryn Dance novel, The Sleeping Doll, was published in 2007 to enormous acclaim. A three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the year, he has been nominated for an Anthony Award and six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He won the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award in 2001 and in 2004 won the Crime Writers' Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller with Garden of Beasts, and their Short Story Dagger for The Weekender from Twisted. Jeffery Deaver lives in North Carolina and California. Visit his website, www.jefferydeaver.com, Facebook page, www.facebook.com/JefferyDeaver, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JefferyDeaver.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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After seeing that this Deaver novel was about a hostage situation and runs over about 24 hours, I could not understand how he could drag it out for the several hundred pages it lasts for. Within 4 pages I was hooked. The storyline flits between the sensitive portrayal of the young, deaf female hostages, and the thrilling expectancy of what the thoroughly debauched hostage takers were going to do next. Throw in the efforts of the FBI agents and 'well meaning' local folk, you have the right ingredients for a compelling read. The only complaint I have about the story is that I feel, at least in this novel, that Deaver should stay well away from any romance. It might work in other novels - between Sachs and Rhyme in his other works, but I felt it was slightly misplaced here. All in all - a fantastic read, and I was genuinely disappointed when I finished it - I just wanted to read more.
34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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A gripping, haunting tale from one of the best crime writers around. A party of deaf girls are on their way to a poetry recital when their bus is hijacked by a gang of ruthless criminals. Another author may have resorted to pure nastiness with shock tactics and blood and guts throughout, or else fallen back on cliched characters and plot developments. Deaver doesn't do this. The characterisation in this novel is truly outstanding.
Deaver does not rely on a patronising portrayal of the girls - instead they are real, vibrant people who just happen not to be able to hear. The reader feels for each and every one of them, and wants them all to get out alive.
The storytelling is first-rate, too. The tension is incredible, and once again Deaver throws in a few twists near the end. I did see the ending coming but it was pretty well done all the same.
I lent this book to my girlfriend, who usually avoids reading fiction. At the beginning she didn't like the novel's style but was hooked after a chapter and quite literally struggled to put it down; she spent the rest of that day and the beginning of the next reading it though she had plenty of other things she should have been doing!
All in all, the best of Jeffery Deaver's books I've read so far and one I would recommend to absolutely anyone. Outstanding.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By R. Green
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Having read everything that Deaver has ever written, I must write to say that this was the book that got me started. Why oh why hasn't this been made into a movie? In the right hands it would be terrific! Better than James Patterson, and I'm also a big fan of his! An edge of your seat, page turner and all the other literary cliches that abound. The twist at the end is mind blowing, totally unexpected. Please, won't somebody make buy the film rights? 'The Bone Collector' was good as a book and a movie but this would be a blockbuster. In fact I lent my copy to so many people that it's fell apart and I'm about to order another copy from Amazon so I can re-read it!
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A Maiden's Grave
Deaver has done his research into, yet again, another subject which gives the reader insight and some knowledge into the topic's background and characters. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ruth Hardman-Howard
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A good Deaver
Interesting plot. What is always interesting about Deaver is that (to the eyes of an average reader, not a specialist in the field) he really seems to have done his homework, which... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dorina
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24 hours of tension, surprise and lots of character
So many crime novels layer contrivance upon contrivance and the characters have an unreal quality about them - almost as if murder and death are quaint parlour games. Read more
Published 2 months ago by P. Whelerton
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Great page-turner
Very different from his Lincoln Rhymes books. Novel twist - although you could see it coming towards the end. One of Deaver's best.
Published 4 months ago by lr
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Excellent, tense thriller
Read this book many years ago and decided to re-read it on the Kindle as I remembered it being a cracking read. This is a very tense, thriller and had me hooked early on. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jim Gardner
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a hostage to fortune
The premise was sufficiently good for me to borrow a copy of this book, though I was a little concerned that the hostages were deaf girls was a little off-putting. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Michael Watson
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great recommedation
i was hooked on this book straight away and have downloaded the next. the only negative comment have when i downloaded is that the kindle edition is not seperated into paragraphs... Read more
Published on 25 April 2011 by floss
2.0 out of 5 stars
Never really got going
The premise of this book promised so much, set in real time, a hostage situation, I really thought it would grip me from start to end. Read more
Published on 10 April 2011 by G. Harrison
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of his best
This is by far my favourite of Jeffrey Deavers books. I generally can't put any of them down, but this one gave me a few late nights. Highly recommend.
Published on 16 Feb 2011 by scarlett372
5.0 out of 5 stars
More than hooked
I wasn't sure about this book, some of Jeffery Deaver's are a bit strange but once I started reading it I really couldn't put it down, my poor kindle worn out, anyway I finished it... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2011 by Rena L-C
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