false 40574497 29829 128642 0515134279 9780515134278 43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171963784m/128642.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171963784s/128642.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128642.Straw_Men 3.78 324 In Palmerston, Pennsylvania,
two men in long coats walk calmly into a crowded fast food restaurant-then, slowly and methodically, gun down sixty-eight people. They take time to reload.

On the Promenade of Santa Monica, California, a teenaged girl gives sightseeing tips to a distinguished English tourist. She won't be going home tonight.

In Dyersburg, Montana, a grief-stricken son tries to make sense of the accident that killed his parents-then finds a note stuffed in his father's favorite chair. It says, "We're not dead."

Three seemingly unrelated events, these are the first signs of an unimaginable network of fear that will lead one unlikely hero to a chilling confrontation with The Straw Men. No one knows who they are-or why they kill. But they must be stopped. Michael Marshall's electrifying debut novel is an instant masterpiece of modern suspense. An epic thriller for anyone who has feared that someone is watching us. ]]> 12339 3.84 2025 277 2002 4 0 false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 23:23:53 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 23:24:03 -0800 2008