Pick it up and you might not be able to put it down.” - Atlanta Journal-Constitution In a vise and keeps him there… the literary equivalent of a summerĪction movie. The characterization and dialogue was fabulous, and kept me glued to the pages.I will look for more by this author'Īdrenaline-laced…wound-tight thriller.” - San Diego Union-Tribune One review states that 'one doesn't realize one is reading at all: Its more like watching a Bruce Willis movie.' [Subsequently, it has since BECOME one!) I would have to agree. 'A captivating page-turner that moved at full speed from the very first page.

Soon, all involved are held hostage by the exigencies of fate and the only one capable of diffusing the crisis is the least stable of them all. As Talley desperately tries to save the innocents inside, the full weight of Benza's wrath descends on him, putting Talley and his own family at risk. And the accountant's records of the incriminating money trail that lie within will put L.A.'s most lethal and volatile crime lord, Sonny Benza, behind bars. It belongs to a brilliant white-collar criminal who launders money for L.A.'s renegade franchise of La Cosa Nostra. Plunged back into the high-pressure world that he has desperately been trying to put behind him, Talley finds his nightmare has barely begun, because this isn't just any house. His marriage ends, he resigns from SWAT, and he struggles to escape from his former life by taking the chief-of-police job in a sleepy, affluent bedroom community far from the chaos and crime of Los Angeles.īut Talley's pursuit of peaceful small-town life is about to change when three young men, fleeing the robbery of a mini-mart, invade a tightly secured home, and take the family hostage. After a despondent father murders his wife and son and takes his own life, Talley hits bottom. But the high stress, unforgiving job took an irreparable toll on his psyche. Jeff Talley was a good husband, a fine father, and a frontline negotiator with LAPD's SWAT unit.

Hostage by robert crais