Hostage

ISBN: 9780385495851 (hc.)
ISBN: 9780345434494 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0345434498 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0385495854 (hc.)
Physical Description: print 373 p. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2001.

Summary: Three young men gunning for action rob a minimart in a sleepy suburb north of Los Angeles. When things get out of control, and with the police on their tail, they flee the scene and invade a home in an exclusive gated community, taking a panicked family hostage. Police chief Jeff Talley finds an all-too-familiar scene in front of the house where the criminals are holed up with a father and his two children. A former hostage negotiator with the LAPD's SWAT unit, Talley is quickly thrown back into the high-pressure world that he has so desperately tried to leave behind. But Talley's nightmare has barely begun, because this isn't just any house; it holds the dirty secrets of L.A.'s biggest crime lord. And the people inside aren't the only ones held hostage....