419 pages
Published April 26, 1996 by Signet.
A maiden's grave
4 stars
(2 reviews)
In Kansas, fleeing killers kidnap a bus with deaf girls and hole up in a slaughterhouse. They kill one girl and threaten to kill the rest if their demands are not met. The 12-hour siege by the FBI becomes a media circus, exploited by politicians and competing police departments. By the author of Playing for Sleep.
Subjects
- Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
- Hostage negotiations -- Fiction.
- Deaf women -- Fiction.
- Hostages -- Fiction.
- Kansas -- Fiction.