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Hostage by robert crais overdrive rakuten overdrive. He received the ross macdonald literary award in 2006, the eyelifetime achievement award in 2010, and the mystery writers of americas grand master award in 2014. Robert crais is not an author i had read before i obtained a copy of hostage. His writing is influenced by raymond chandler, dashiell hammett, ernest hemingway, robert b. Jeff talley left his highstress job as a frontline negotiator with the lapds swat unit when he failed to prevent a man from killing his family and then himself. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 237 pages and is available in paperback format. Hostage is a 2001 thriller novel by robert crais, set in fictional bristo bay, california, about a small town police chief named jeff talley with memories of a failed hostage situation, who must negotiate the same type of situation in his own town if he wants his own family to live. But talleys nightmare has barely begun, because this isnt just any house. Robert crais is an author of detective fiction, known for both his novels and his work as a script writer for television. Robert crais is the bestselling author of eleven suspense novels, including the monkeys raincoat, stalking the angel, lullaby town, and free fall, all available from bantam books, he has written for such award winning television showa as l. Elvis cole and joe pike are joined by suspect heroes lapd k9 officer scott james and his german shepherd, maggie, in the new heartstopping thriller from.
Now, three smalltime punks go on the run after a grocery store robbery and killing in talleys town. But while i like those books, this standalone, originally published in 2006, remains my favorite of crais s novels. An elvis cole and joe pike novel an elvis cole novel robert crais. Fbi agent, psychologist, and rookie hostage negotiator kat bronsky now has one hundred and thirty lives riding on her every word. A former hostage negotiator with the lapds swat unit, talley is quickly thrown back into the highpressure world that he has so desperately tried to leave behind. Hostage proves that you can run but you cannot always hide. Pdf the monkeys raincoat book by robert crais free download. Requiem returns with his most intense and intricate thriller yet. The main characters of this mystery, fiction story are elvis cole, joe pike. Jeff talley, a former lapd swat team hostage negotiator has left that position due to a hostage situation which haunts his life. Aug 07, 2001 hostage by robert crais is probably the fastest moving book that ive ever read. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 400 pages and is available in paperback format.