Then he coolly seduces Wannamaker’s lonely wife in order to find out more. A pilot himself, he takes to the air to check out the illegal flights of a thug names Chris Wannamaker. He’s willing to beat any man into the ground and draw any woman into his bed in order to get the answers he’s after. But Bishop prefers to make up the rules as he goes along. Bishop’s assignment is to investigate the airport and report back to Weiss. In this powerfully original series debut by award winning and bestselling author Andrew Klavan, Weiss sends Bishop to investigate corruption at a Northern California airport and so sets events in motion that will lead both men on a desperate hunt for a master assassin. Scott Weiss is Bishop’s boss, a world weary ex cop who runs a private detective agency out of a concrete tower in the heart of San Francisco. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Jim Bishop is a hard man, as cold as the wind off the water and tough to the point of brutality.
Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Taylor Science & Technology Academy, Jefferson, LAα(c) Copyright 2011. This book will appeal to anyone who is looking for a fast-paced adventure story in which teens must do some fast thinking to survive.-Elizabeth Kahn, Patrick F. Klavan's Christian bent comes through in the story as Will's thoughts are peppered with his feelings about God and the men who try to inflict violence upon his friends as well as death, which the group faces many times over during the course of their escape. The group finds a way out of every harrowing situation, but there are consequences. Gunshots, machine guns, and killing ensue. Palmer, Will, and his friends are imprisoned and must find a way to escape. Just as ex-marine Palmer Dunn enters the cantina to pick the group up, the rebels rush into town to take over. The book opens with the team still in the small town waiting to go home after completing the mission. Their job on this Christian outreach mission was to rebuild a wall of the school that was destroyed by the Volcanoes, the local gang of rebels. Will Peterson is one of five members of a team that has traveled to a fictional country with an unstable government in Central America. Gr 8 Up-This gripping novel will hold readers' attention from the opening pages until the end.
0 kommentar(er)
