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Description edit
The countdown begins at Noon
A school bus stops at a car crash on an isolated road. The two teachers and their deaf students are immediately captured by three escaped convicts.
Stark against the prairie stands an ancient slaughterhouse that still reeks of decades of spilled blood. It...
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The New York Times bestselling master of ticking-bomb suspense. Eight vulnerable girls and their helpless teachers are forced off a school bus and held hostage. The madman who has them at gunpoint has a simple plan: one hostage an hour will die unless the demands are met. Called to the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Arthur Potter: FBI
- Lou Handy: Add a description of this character.
- Melanie Charrol
- Charlie Budd
- Jeffery Deaver
- Marks
- Angie Scapello
- Tobe Geller
- Dean Stillwell
- Susan
- Bonner
- Wilcox
- Donna Harstrawn
- Joe Silbert
- Shannon
- Dan Tremain
- Henry Lebow
- Frances Whiting
- Peter Henderson
- Danny
- D'angelo
- Marian
- Derek Elb
- Stevie Oates
- Biggins
- Sharon Foster
- Emily
- Anna
- Rudy
- Jocylyn
First Sentence edit
"Eight gray birds, sitting in dark.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgements
Part I - The Killing Room
Part II - The Rules of Engagement
Part III - Acceptable Casualties
Part IV - A Maiden's Grave
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jeffery Deaver (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0670866229
Page Count: 489
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0670866229
Page Count: 489
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3554.E1755 M34 1995
- Dewey: 813
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsIntense action scenes, hostage situations involving children
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