Desperate Measures - Hardcover

Morrell, Wolfson Professor Of General Practice David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446517917 ISBN 13: 9780446517911

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

Famous for his suspenseful fiction that delivers sheer emotional power, David Morrell, the bestselling author of First Blood, The Brotherhood of the Rose, The Fifth Profession, and Assumed Identity, here presents a mesmerizing novel of intrigue and high-action thrills...Fallen star journalist Matt Pittman holds a gun in his hand, ready to commit suicide...until he's abruptly interrupted by a phone call and a bizarre assignment: to write the obituary of a man who is not yet dead. Suddenly, clinging desperately to a life he'd so recently been eager to discard, Matt is thrust into the heart of a global conspiracy whose sinister machinations promise a terrifying endgame. He will find himself both a murder suspect by the police and a target for murder by invisible assassins determined to destroy him. Now Matt Pittman is on a desperate, great final story -- and his last byline may be written on a tombstone.

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About the Author

David Morrell is one of America's most popular and acclaimed storytellers, with over eighteen million copies of his books in print. His thrillers have been translated into over twenty languages and turned into record-breaking films as well as top-rated TV miniseries. A former professor of American literature at the University of Iowa, David Morrell now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Synopsis

Matt Pittman, a once-famous New York reporter mourning his young son's death, finds himself on the run from both the authorities and a vicious international conspiracy when he is wrongfully blamed for a man's death.

Edition details

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446517917
• ISBN 13: 9780446517911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416