- Taschenbuch: 352 Seiten
- Verlag: Forge; Auflage: First THUS (Januar 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0812590155
- ISBN-13: 978-0812590159
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,1 x 10,7 x 2,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (4 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 968.108 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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From Publishers Weekly
Young children as victims of violence are becoming a clich? of psychological thrillers, but for those who haven't tired of the plot device, there's plenty to like in D'Amato's (Good Cop, Bad Cop) latest. The author of the popular Cat Marsala series introduces a new character here, Chicago police detective Polly Kelly, who spends five frantic days trying to track down the kidnappers of three-year-old Danielle Gaston, snatched from under her parents' eyes in the city's Holy Name Cathedral. The child is the daughter of country and western singer Maggie McKittredge and Missouri Senator Neal Gaston. The high-profile nature of the crime puts a lot of unnecessary pressure on Kelly, who's already dealing with her own depressed and possibly suicidal mother, who has recently moved into Kelly's home. To make matters worse, the kidnappers are members of Bandwidth, a high-tech terrorist group who have set up a real-time Web site showing Danni starving to death in a barren room. The disturbing footage is broadcast all day by TV stations throughout the world, generating a public outcry to comply with Bandwidth's ultimatum: the release from prison of its leader and master strategist, Johnnie Raft. Kelly won't budge on that demand, even though she's just about breaking from the emotional toll of seeing little Danni grow weaker by the hour. All of D'Amato's storytelling skills are hereAa lighting-fast plot, engaging characters, deftly dropped clues and an earthy Chicago atmosphereAthough the incessant image of the televised, starving toddler seems an excessive and abject means to propel the story. But newcomer Kelly is an engaging protagonist, a tough, politically savvy cop with a well-developed, potentially explosive, personal side. (Oct.) FYI:D'Amato is president of the Mystery Writers of America.
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From Booklist
D'Amato uses the Windy City as an effective backdrop for her latest thriller. Chicago homicide detective Polly Kelly is faced with a cop's worst nightmare: the kidnapping of a child. Three-year-old Danni Gaston, daughter of a senator and a country singer, is snatched by a man disguised as a priest while the family visits Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral. Within hours, Danni's image appears on the Internet. Her captors have imprisoned her in a bare room with a hidden video camera that tracks her every move. It's soon clear the kidnappers have a special agenda: they want the release from prison of Johnnie Raft, leader of Bandwidth, a hate group that terrorizes via the Internet. As the world watches Danni slowly starving to death in her prison, Kelly races to outwit Bandwidth. Contrasting the plodding, "shoe-leather" approach to the dazzle of computerized crime-solving, this slick cyber-mystery is suspenseful and fast paced. Conscientious, savvy Polly effectively shows what it's like to be a successful woman in a traditionally male world. Emily Melton
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What a page-turner!,
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After reading a review of this book, I knew that once I picked it up, I wouldn't be able to put it back down until I'd finished it! It kept me up 'til 2 AM! What an exciting thriller. I'm usually pretty sqeamish when it comes to children in jeopardy plots, but D'Amato really pulls this one off. I heartily recommend both this book and D'Amato's KILLER.APP to people looking for a fast paced and fabulous reading experience, and to fans of meticulously researched police procedurals.
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A Real Barn Burner!,
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This Book grabs you from the first page,a child is taken from a church in broad daylight .Just like the Chief detective , Polly Kelly, All you want is for that child to be found, as you watch her slowly getting weaker .. Which is the best way Cyber tech or good old fashioned police work? It is a challenge all of the Characters are up to! You won't be able to put this one down until the very last word is read !
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Very intense thriller,
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This was the first thriller I've read by B. D'Amato and I have to stress that it will not be the last.Very intensely told plot, real-life characters (without the very beautiful and very worked-out and very intelligent characters which normally make a thriller in the U.S.A.). And - immensely good - there is not any love-story included in this plot which in itself is very rare in a thriller. The detective work (computer and old-fashioned foot-work) is described in detail, the story is fastpaced and immensely suspenseful until the end. A really good read ! Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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