Gideon's corpse / Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
By: Preston, Douglas J [author.]
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Contributor(s): Child, Lincoln [author.].
Series: Preston, Douglas J., Gideon Crew: book 2.Publisher: New York : Grand Central Pub., 2012Edition: 1st ed.Description: 355 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780446564373 ; 0446564370 .Subject(s): Nuclear terrorism -- Fiction | Crew, Gideon (Fictitious character) -- FictionGenre/Form: Suspense fiction.DDC classification: 813/.54 Summary: A top nuclear scientist turns homicidal, taking an innocent family hostage at gunpoint. Gideon Crew, a colleague of the scientist at Los Alamos, is called in to talk the man down. But the standoff ends in an explosion of violence. When the authorities discover the scientist's body is intensely radioactive, and that he had recently embraced Islamic extremism, all hell breaks loose.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspense | Pātea LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | PERS (Browse shelf) | Available | I2108936 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff.<br> A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before.<br> Sifting through the evidence, authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen: in ten days, a major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack.<br> Ten days. And Gideon Crew, tracking the mysterious terrorist cell from the suburbs of New York to the mountains of New Mexico, learns the end may be something worse--far worse--than mere Armageddon.<br>
A top nuclear scientist turns homicidal, taking an innocent family hostage at gunpoint. Gideon Crew, a colleague of the scientist at Los Alamos, is called in to talk the man down. But the standoff ends in an explosion of violence. When the authorities discover the scientist's body is intensely radioactive, and that he had recently embraced Islamic extremism, all hell breaks loose.
Comment by Jennifer
02/07/2017I don't enjoy this character as much as Agent Pendergast. Worked out who one of the bad guys was half way through book so didn't enjoy the read very much.