Hunting Time

Informationen zum Autor Jeffery Deaver is the #1 international bestselling author of more than forty novels, three collections of short stories, and a nonfiction law book. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. His first novel featuring Lincoln Rhyme , The Bone Collector , was made into a major motion picture starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. He's received or been shortlisted for a number of awards around the world, including Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers and the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers' Association in the United Kingdom. In 2014, he was the recipient of three lifetime achievement awards. A former journalist, folk singer, and attorney, he was born outside of Chicago and has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University.   Klappentext "The New York Times bestselling master of suspense is back with a riveting thriller, as reward seeker Colter Shaw plunges into the woods and races the clock in a case where nothing is quite what it seems"-- Leseprobe 1 The trap was simplicity itself. And as usual with simple, it worked perfectly. In the long-abandoned fourth-floor workshop of Welbourne & Sons Fabricators, Colter Shaw moved silently through dusty wooden racks stacked with rusty tanks and drums. Twenty feet ahead, the shelves ended and beyond was a large open area, filled with ancient mahogany worktables, scuffed and stained and gone largely to rot and mold. Here stood three men, wearing somber business suits, engaged in conversation, offering the animated gestures and the untroubled voices of those who have no idea they're being watched. Shaw paused and, out of sight behind a row of shelves, withdrew a video camera. It was similar to any you'd pick up on Amazon or at Best Buy, except for one difference: there was no lens in front. Instead the glass eye was a tiny thing mounted on an eighteen-inch flexible stalk. This he bent at a ninety-degree angle and aimed around the side of the storage shelves before hitting record. After a few minutes, when the men's backs were to him, he stepped out of his hiding place and moved closer, slipping behind the last row of shelves. Which was when the trap sprung. His shoe caught the trip wire, which in turn pulled a pin from the supporting leg of the shelf nearest to him, releasing an avalanche of tanks and cans and drums. He rolled forward onto the floor, avoiding the bigger ones, but several slammed onto his shoulders. The three men spun about. Two were of Middle Eastern appearance-Saudi, Shaw knew. The other was Anglo, as pale as the others were dark. The taller of the Saudis-who went by Rass-held a gun, which he'd drawn quickly when Shaw made his ungainly appearance. They joined the intruder, who was rising from the grainy floor, and studied their catch: an athletic blond man in his thirties, wearing blue jeans, a black T and a leather jacket. Shaw's right hand was gripping his left shoulder. He winced as his fingers kneaded the joint. Rass picked up the spy camera, looked it over and shut it off. He pocketed the device and Shaw said goodbye to twelve hundred dollars. This was not a priority at the moment. Ahmad, the other Saudi, sighed. "Well." The third man, whose name was Paul LeClaire, looked momentarily horrified and then settled into miserable. Shaw's blue eyes glanced at the collapsed shelf with disgust and he stepped away from the drums, some of which were leaking sour-smelling chemicals. Simplicity itself... "Wait!" LeClaire frowned. "I know him! He's working for Mr. Harmon. He's in human resources. I mean, that's what he said. But he was undercover! Shit!" His voice cracked. Shaw wondered if he was going to cry. "Police?" Ahmad asked LeClaire. "I don't know. How ...

Product details

• Authors: Jeffery Deaver
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2022
• EAN: 9780593422083
• ISBN: 978-0-593-42208-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 35 mm
• Series: A Colter Shaw Novel
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense