β Scribed by Lisa Black
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When high-level executive Mark Ludlow is discovered beaten to death in front of his house early one morning, forensic scientist Theresa MacLean and her fiancΓ©, homicide detective Paul Cleary, investigate in Black's underwhelming debut, a thriller set in Cleveland. Paul immediately heads downtown to interview Ludlow's co-workers at the Federal Reserve Bank and walks right into a botched robbery attempt and hostage situation. Lucas Parrish and Bobby Moyers want $4 million, but top hostage negotiator Chris Cavanaugh isn't ready to give in to their demands. When Paul is shot in the leg and becomes a hostage, Theresa breaks protocol and convinces Lucas to let Paul go and take her instead. It's up to Theresa on the inside and Chris on the outside to uncover the motive behind the robbery and Ludlow's murder before anyone else gets hurt. Theresa, despite her professional training, devotes little time to scientific deduction. Readers can expect to find richer plots on most TV crime dramas. (Sept.)
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βAn exciting story that is hard to put down.β (Dr. Bill Bass, forensic anthropologist at the Body Farm and coauthor of The Devilβs Bones )
βTakeover is a riveting hostage drama packed with surprises. Once Lisa Black gets you inside the bank, youβlike the bad guysβwonβt be able to stop.β (Peter Abrahams, author of Delusion )
βThe combination of a credible, likable hero and a bizarre, chilling story is rare in crime fiction....Lisa Black makes the tumblers click perfectly.β (Jeremiah Healy, author of Invasion of Privacy )
β...a tautly plotted, relentlessly suspenseful debut. Letβs hope she writes another scorcher-and soon.β (Booklist (starred review) )
βGrab-you-by-the throat suspense, written by someone who has actually walked the disturbing walk of an investigator.β (Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Body Double )
βTakeover is captivating. Part procedural, part psychological suspense, and every inch a thriller, Takeover succeeds from the opening chapter.β (Ridley Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of Killer View )
βEntertainingβ (Chicago Sun-Times )
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In the tradition of Kathy Reichs and Jeffery Deaver, a talented novelist introduces a gutsy forensic investigator caught in the middle of an explosive crisis Early one Thursday morning, forensic scientist Theresa MacLean is called to the scene of a gruesome murder. The body of a man has been found o
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