A maiden's grave

The countdown begins at noon. . . when two teachers from a school for the deaf and their students stop to help at a cat crash on an isolated road |. and are immediately captured by three escaped cofviets, Stark against the praitie stands an ancient slaughterhouse that still reeks of decades of spilled blood. It is here that cold killer Lou Handy will bring his hostages. It is here that he will kill one innocent girl an hour, on the - hour, until his demands are met. ‘A Maiden’s Grave is a gripping, human literary fugue that ends with a brilliant sleight of hand and an explosive punctuation mark. It is Deaver’s best book yet’ —_—‘The/Times ‘The shifts in the balance of power and testing of limits between predator and prey build crisis after crisis into this excellent siege thriller’ \ ; Daily Mail ‘A real chiller, seething with violence and heart-stopping suspense . . . Deaver skilfully builds the tension . « . to y a climax, before adding a stunning twist to the story’ ‘Rivetingly and sensitively handled. Great entertainment” Fiction: General 0059 nt oe