Survivor - Softcover

Slater, Sean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857205463 ISBN 13: 9780857205469

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2011

Synopsis

In his first hour back from a six-month leave of absence, Detective Jacob Striker's day quickly turns into a nightmare. He is barely on the scene five minutes at his daughter's high school when he encounters an active shooter situation. Three men wearing hockey masks - Black, White, and Red - have stormed the school with firearms and are killing indiscrimintately. Striker takes immediate action.

Within minutes, two of the gunmen are dead and Striker is close to ending the violence. But before Striker can react, the last gun man - Red Mask - escapes. Against the clock, Striker investigates the killings for which there is no known motive and no suspect. Soon his investigation takes him to darker places, and he realizes that everything at Saint Patrick's High is not as it appears. The closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous his world becomes.

Until Striker himself is in the line of fire.

The Survivor is a thrilling debut novel by a real-life Vancouver cop, and the first in the Jacob Striker series.

About this title

About the Author

Sean Slater is a police officer in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is his first Jacob Striker novel.

Review

'The Survivor grabbed me by the throat from page one and held on until the very end. Slater's debut is a rocket-paced evocative thriller. Gritty, dark and graphic, The Survivor is at times hard to read but always harder to put down. A terrific read' Daniel Kalla, bestselling Canadian author of Pandemic, Blood Lies and Of Flesh And Blood 'The USP of this energetic debut thriller is that it's written about a Vancouver cop by a Vancouver cop ... In fact Sean Slater writes the sort of pacy superior pulp you'd expect from an author who'd never eaten a doughnut on a dull stakeout' Telegraph 'Slater has a knack for grabbing the reader's attention and making them want to keep turning the pages' beasbooknook.blogspot.com 'Fast-paced, gripping and impossible to put down, Sean Slater's debut novel, The Survivor, is an explosive, action-injected tale told by a great new talent. A fantastic read' CHRIS CARTER 'A satisfyingly authentic debut from a man who really does know about the bleak side of the human psyche... written with an unexpected gentle irony, and featuring a lead character that the author clearly likes, it's a neat, stylish thriller from a writer to watch' Daily Mail 'The USP of this energetic debut thriller is that it's written about a Vancouver cop by a Vancouver cop...In fact Sean Slater writes the sort of pacy superior pulp you'd expect from an author who'd never eaten a doughnut on a dull stakeout' Daily Telegraph

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857205463
• ISBN 13: 9780857205469
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 528