Private Screening: A Novel - Softcover

Richard North Patterson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345311396 ISBN 13: 9780345311399

Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc., 1986

Synopsis

"Thrilling...Succeeds on all counts. It's a footrace of a read, daring you to put it down."
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION
After a presidential hopeful is shot dead in front of his rock star girlfriend Stacy Tarrant, fiercely independent attorney Tony Lord takes on the the defense of the accused. And that erupts into the media event of the decade. But there is more. As America watches, a mysterious and ruthless figure known only as Phoenix takes to the airwaves, the wife of a newspaper mogul and Stacy's manager, his hostages. Then Phoenix mounts of a televised trial of his own--in which Stacy and Tony are helpless defendants, millionsof viewers are jurors, and--unless his chilling demands are met--Phoenix is the unstoppable executioner....

About this title

Review:

"AN EXCITING ANYTHING GOES GRABBER THAT BUILDS TO A TERRIFIC FINISH".

-- New York Daily News

About the Author:

Richard North Patterson is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 novels, a former chairman of Common Cause, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Formerly a trial lawyer, Patterson served as the US Security and Exchange Commission's liaison to the Watergate special prosecutor. He lives in San Francisco and on Martha's Vineyard with his wife, Dr. Nancy Clair.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0345311396
• ISBN 13: 9780345311399
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 10