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The bestselling author of Demolition Angel and L.A. Requiem returns with his most intense and intricate thriller yet.

Jeff Talley was a good husband, a fine father, and a frontline negotiator with LAPD's SWAT unit. But the high stress, unforgiving job took an irreparable toll on his psyche. After a despondent father murders his wife and son and takes his own life, Talley hits bottom. His... Read Full Overview

Jeff Talley was a good husband, a fine father, and a frontline negotiator with LAPD's SWAT unit. But the high stress, unforgiving job took an irreparable toll on his psyche. After a despondent father murders his wife and son and takes his own life, Talley hits bottom. His... Read Full Overview

When the late afternoon joyride of an ex-con, his tagalong brother, and a psychopath one step away from meltdown results in a random act of violence, the trio takes a family hostage in the affluent bedroom community of Bristo Camino. But the hostages are no innocents, and their... Read Full Overview