Solitude Creek

The fourth electrifying thriller in the Kathryn Dance series from master of suspense Jeffery Deaver. One mistake is all it takes. Busted back to rookie after losing her gun in an interrogation gone bad, California Bureau of Investigation Agent Kathryn Dance finds herself making routine insurance checks after a roadhouse fire. But Dance is a highly trained expert in body language: her most deadly weapon is her instinct, and they can't take that away from her. And when the evidence at the club points to something more than a tragic accident, she isn't going to let protocol stop her doing everything in her power to take down the perp. Someone out there is using the panic of crowds to kill, and Dance must find out who, before he strikes again . . .

Al Solitude Creek sta per iniziare un concerto rock. Ma dopo un paio di canzoni qualcosa non va: nel piccolo locale affollato si addensa del fumo, e non c'è tempo di chiedersi cosa stia succedendo. La gente balza in piedi rovesciando sgabelli e tavoli, corre, cade, si ammassa alle uscite di sicurezza. Trovandole chiuse. C'è un assassino a piede libero che si diverte a scatenare con freddezza l'inferno. Quello che vuole è stare a guardare le persone prese in trappola. Più nessuno d'ora in poi, può ritenersi al sicuro. Per Kathryn Dance è l'inizio una partita a scacchi che non consente la minima distrazione.

Jeffery Deaver, "the master of manipulation" (Associated Press) and "the most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world." (Daily Telegraph, UK) returns with the new, long-awaited, Kathryn Dance thriller.A tragedy occurs at a small concert venue on the Monterey Peninsula. Cries of "fire" are raised and, panicked, people run for the doors, only to find them blocked. A half dozen people die and others are seriously injured. But it's the panic and the stampede that killed; there was no fire. Kathryn Dance--a brilliant California Bureau of Investigation agent and body language expert--discovers that the stampede was caused intentionally and that the perpetrator, a man obsessed with turning people's own fears and greed into weapons, has more attacks planned. She and her team must race against the clock to find where he will strike next before more innocents die.

Jeffery Deaver, "the master of manipulation" (Associated Press) and "the most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world." (Daily Telegraph, UK) returns with the new, long-awaited, Kathryn Dance thriller. A tragedy occurs at a small concert venue on the Monterey Peninsula. Cries of "fire" are raised and, panicked, people run for the doors, only to find them blocked. A half dozen people die and others are seriously injured. But it's the panic and the stampede that killed them; there was no fire. Kathryn Dance--a brilliant California Bureau of Investigation agent and body language expert--discovers that the stampede was caused intentionally and that the perpetrator, a man obsessed with turning people's own fears and greed into weapons, has more attacks planned. She and her team must race against the clock to find where he will strike next before more innocents die.

The gripping top ten Sunday Times bestselling thriller from Jeffery Deaver – featuring enigmatic investigator Colter Shaw

The gripping new thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Jeffery Deaver

The famous Horse Wrangler here completes his story until his retirement. Following the experiences recorded in his former book, Floyd C. Bard moved through a series of fascinating careers which give a true picture of the West as it was a generation and more ago. First of the careers was that of Dude Wrangler. For summer after summer, Bard took the pack trains to all parts of the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming with parties of the Easterners called "dudes." Some trips lasted a few days; others for an entire summer. In his parties were the famous and the unknown, the scientist (with his outdoor classroom), the doctor, the financier, the famous politician--and many others. Life on the trail and in camp with these dudes meant much excitement for Bard. Then Bard called upon to hunt and kill the predatory animals of the areas--coyotes, dogs, and bears. Soon he became a government hunter and for several years turned in second largest catch of the season. He recounts many stories of the methods used to hunt the wily critters. Then he became, high upon the Big Horns, a summer line rider for cattle outfits, taking the herds to the summer range, riding the vast countryside to look after the cattle, and then helping to get them down in the fall. One little episode sandwiched into the account is that of the only time Bard became a move actor! In bringing this work to publication, Agnes Wright Spring -- who has had the singular distinction of serving both the state of Wyoming and the state of Colorado as official historian -- has preserved the language of Floyd C. Bard. Here it is the way he told it, and here are his comments upon the people he knew from all walks of life. All this makes for rich and authentic reading of a period of the West already gone. A number of pictures from the Bard family album enhance the value of this book -- Book jacket.