A Maiden's Grave - Hardcover

Deaver, Jeffery

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670866229 ISBN 13: 9780670866229

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1995

Synopsis

When a pathological escaped convict takes a group of deaf girls hostage in a slaughterhouse, an FBI negotiator and a deaf teacher struggle to defuse the situation before it explodes in violence. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo. Lit Guild Feat Alt.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Eight deaf girls and their teachers are pulled off a school bus along a windswept Kansas road. They are held hostage in an abandoned slaughterhouse by escaped murderer Lou Handy and two fellow inmates, who threaten to kill one hostage an hour unless their demands are met.

Called to the scene is Arthur Potter, the FBI's senior hostage negotiator, who meets in Lou Handy the toughest adversary of his career. As Potter struggles to outwit Handy, hostage Melanie Charrol takes on the killers in a desperate effort to save her students.

The clock is ticking as a terrifying game of cat and mouse begins....

About the Author:

Jeffery Deaver is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty novels. He has been nominated for seven Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America and is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Readers Award for Best Short Story of the Year.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0670866229
• ISBN 13: 9780670866229
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432