: A Maiden’s Grave
Author: Jeffery Deaver
Terrific story about a hostage situation, with typical Deaver twists (though these are mostly predictable). A group of escape criminals take over a schoolbus with two teachers and eight girls of various ages — the children and one of the teachers are deaf, all out on an outing. The main character’s an FBI hostage negotiater who is older and wise but not perfect. We really get into the head of the deaf teacher, learning what it’s like to be deaf, and the whole novel is filled with tension and hard to put down. Excellent.
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