A Maiden's Grave - Hardcover

Deaver, Jeffery

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670866229 ISBN 13: 9780670866229

Publisher: Viking, 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.

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Review:

"A screaming hit."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Compelling suspense...a chilling web of madness and violence...an all-night page-turner.'"--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Starts with a bang, and the tension never lets up. A top-notch thriller with an unexpected kicker at the end."--"Library Journal"
"Heartbreakingly real characters...multiple-whammy twists...[a] spectacular finish. Deaver brilliantly conveys the tensions and deceit of hostage negotiations."--"Publishers Weekly"

A screaming hit. "The New York Times Book Review"
Compelling suspense a chilling web of madness and violence an all-night page-turner. "San Francisco Chronicle"
Starts with a bang, and the tension never lets up. A top-notch thriller with an unexpected kicker at the end. "Library Journal"
Heartbreakingly real characters multiple-whammy twists [a] spectacular finish. Deaver brilliantly conveys the tensions and deceit of hostage negotiations. "Publishers Weekly""

-A screaming hit.---The New York Times Book Review
-Compelling suspense...a chilling web of madness and violence...an all-night page-turner.'---San Francisco Chronicle
-Starts with a bang, and the tension never lets up. A top-notch thriller with an unexpected kicker at the end.---Library Journal
-Heartbreakingly real characters...multiple-whammy twists...[a] spectacular finish. Deaver brilliantly conveys the tensions and deceit of hostage negotiations.---Publishers Weekly

"A screaming hit."--The New York Times Book Review

"Compelling suspense...a chilling web of madness and violence...an all-night page-turner.'"--San Francisco Chronicle

"Starts with a bang, and the tension never lets up. A top-notch thriller with an unexpected kicker at the end."--Library Journal

"Heartbreakingly real characters...multiple-whammy twists...[a] spectacular finish. Deaver brilliantly conveys the tensions and deceit of hostage negotiations."--Publishers Weekly

Book Description:

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 . . .

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0670866229
• ISBN 13: 9780670866229
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432