false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255723335m/5945506.jpg 5945506 14 <B>Stephen White—author of over a dozen <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers— returns with a relentlessly propelled, thriller that will remind readers of his acclaimed <i>Kill Me</i>. Stephen White’s Alan Gregory novels are beloved by both fans and critics—the most recent, <i>Dead Time</i>, was a USA Today and Book-Sense bestseller. In <i>The Siege</i>, Gregory’s longtime friend Sam Purdy takes center stage in a story that feels ripped from tomorrow’s headlines. From the first page on, readers need to be buckled in for a nonstop ride full of terror and pathos. As a lovely weekend approaches on the Yale campus it appears that a number of students—including the sons of both the Secretary of the Army and newest Supreme Court justice—may have gone missing. Kidnapping? Terrorism? The authorities aren’t sure. But the high-profile disappearances draw the attention of the CIA and the FBI’s vaunted Hostage Rescue Team. Attention quickly focuses on the fortress-like tomb of one of Yale’s secret societies. Suspended Boulder police detective Sam Purdy soon finds himself in New Haven, where he is quickly snared by an unlikely pair of Feds: FBI agent Christopher Poe and CIA analyst Deirdre Drake. Sam, Poe, and Dee join together, desperately trying to solve the riddle of what is going on inside the windowless stone tomb on the edge of campus. The clock is pounding in their ears. The unknown enemy is playing by no known rules . . . is making no demands . . . is refusing to communicate with the hostage negotiator . . . is somehow anticipating every FBI move . . . is completely unconcerned about getting away . . . And . . . is sending students, one by one, out of the building’s front door to die. 6118028 4 8 2009 The Siege total:129|5:36|4:54|3:30|2:9|1:1| 129 500 236 63 5 1 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 11:10:17 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 18:36:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 18:56:50 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 18:56:50 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 06:46:22 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:53:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 19:27:31 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 16:34:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 22 16:52:42 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 16:56:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 10:42:40 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 10:43:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 09:45:13 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 09:23:24 -0700 2009 Compulsively readable. Really lived up to the expression "page-turner" for hundreds of pages. I've really enjoyed the Alan Gregory series, but Stephen White saves his best work for his stand-alone novels. First there was Kill Me, and now The Siege. These two books not only tell a ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 12:07:34 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 10:56:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 07:13:03 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 07:15:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 14:41:37 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 16:25:22 -0700 2009 http://www.authorsontourlive.com/?p=451

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Colorado author Stephen White--author of over a dozen New York Times bestsellers--read...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 20:38:53 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 20:42:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 24 22:51:18 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 11:19:40 -0800 2009
However, the book begins with a lot of jumping around between characters and forward and backward in time. I didn't mind the character point-of-views so much, but found the backwards and ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 17:57:11 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 18:00:28 -0800 2009
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