City on Edge: A Novel

City on Edge: A Novel

Edgar Awardâ€“winning author Stefanie Pintoff shoots to thrill in her gripping new novel of suspense.
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The night before the Thanksgiving Day Parade, a crowd gathers on Manhattanâ€™s Upper West Side to watch the giant balloons fill with helium and rise toward the sky. Then the festive ritual takes a terrifying turnâ€”a gunshot rings out, police commissioner Logan Donovan falls, and panic erupts. When the chaos clears, another crime is revealed: Donovanâ€™s daughter, Allie, has been kidnapped. Soon the abductor will make his shocking demands.
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Within hours, Special Agent Eve Rossi and her handpicked team of quick-thinking, swift-moving, hard-striking former convicts know a lot about the kidnapper. Heâ€™s somewhere close by, holding Allie along with a captive boy. He hates Logan Donovan enough to destroy him. And he will kill.
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But thereâ€™s more Eve and her team donâ€™t knowâ€”about a weapon planted inside the parade, about Commissioner Donovanâ€™s hidden life, and about the secrets his daughter keeps. As people line the streets, bands and marchers prepare, and the massive parade steps off into New Yorkâ€™s echoing canyons, a desperate race begins to keep the city from being torn asunder by a brutal act of violence. But even as her squad deploys for action, Eve grapples with a harrowing question: Whom should she fear moreâ€”a vengeful man threatening innocent lives, or a charming, arrogant cop fighting to save his daughter, who may be trying to cover up his crimes?

Praise for Stefanie Pintoffâ€™s Hostage Taker
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â€œThe perfect blend: an urban thriller as modern as tomorrowâ€™s New York Times, driven by a two-hundred-year-old idea, with a main character to die for . . . I hope we see plenty more of Eve Rossi and her team.â€â€”Lee Child
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â€œA high-voltage game of parry and thrust.â€â€”New York Daily News
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â€œPintoff skillfully ratchets up the tension and throws more than one curveball into this twisty, exciting read.â€â€”Booklist (starred review)
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â€œStrong writing, a well-paced plot, and intriguing characters make this one of the best thrillers of the year. Fans of Lisa Gardner will find much to like here.â€â€”Library Journal (starred review)
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â€œA high-velocity roller coaster of a thriller.â€â€”Jeffery Deaver
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â€œA brilliant thriller . . . Stefanie Pintoff is one of the best crime writers at work today.â€â€”Michael Koryta

Country	USA
Author	Stefanie Pintoff
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780425284452
ISBN	042528445X
Label	Bantam
Manufacturer	Bantam
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	400
PublicationDate	2016-11-15
Publisher	Bantam
ReleaseDate	2016-11-15
Studio	Bantam

City on Edge: A Novel

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