

- Rich people, Judges, Police, Family violence
Alone . . . Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle. Just across the street, in wealthy Back Bay, Boston, an armed man has barricaded himself with his wife and child.
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Grave, contemporary, earnest and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Lisa Gardner
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 324
- Publisher
- Bantam Books, RH Audio, Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553901139
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