But the dangerous man calling the shots has a timetable of his own-and a searing question for his targets: What are you guilty of? As shocking revelations surface, so does another crisis nobody could anticipate-one not even Eve and her team may be able to stop.Advance praise for Hostage Taker 'The perfect blend: an urban thriller as modern as tomorrow's New York Times, driven by a two-hundred-year-old idea, with a main character to die for. Eve is up against a rapidly ticking clock. As Eve manages a taut hostage situation, she relies on the combined skills of her team-a secret unit inspired by France's most notorious criminal and made up of ex-convicts with extraordinary talents, oversized egos, and contempt for the rules.

Defying her superiors, Eve begins a deadly dance with an adversary whose intentions are surely sinister, whose endgame is anything but certain, and whose cunning keeps him one step ahead at every turn. Along with her presence, he demands five witnesses: ordinary people with some hidden connection. But he knows who FBI agent Eve Rossi is-and everything about her past. For one FBI agent, a madman's terrified hostages, and an entire city, a long and harrowing day is about to unfold. In the hushed quiet of early morning Manhattan, in front of the towering bronze doors of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, a young woman holds a sign that reads: HELP ME. TERROR STRIKES AN ICONIC CHURCH-AND BRINGS A CITY TO ITS KNEES. Perfect for readers of Iris Johansen and Catherine Coulter. But what could lead this Michael Fromley, with his history of violent behavior, to target such a proper young lady? Is Michael really behind the murder or is someone mimicking him? Ziele must discover the truth in this story of a haunted man on the trail of a killer while on the run from his own demons.From Edgar Award winner Stefanie Pintoff comes the start of an electrifying new thriller series featuring Eve Rossi, head of a secret division of the FBI-one made up of ex-convicts with extraordinary talents, oversized egos, and contempt for the rules. His investigation quickly takes him to Columbia University criminologist Alistair Sinclair and one of his patients. But shortly after starting anew, he catches the worst homicide of his career: a young woman brutally murdered in her own bedroom in the middle of the afternoon. Detective Simon Ziele lost his fiancée in the 1904 General Slocum ferry disaster and flees New York City for Dobson, New York, to escape the memories of her death. Stefanie Pintoff Synopsis: In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff is the first novel featuring Simon Ziele. If You Like Stefanie Pintoff Books, You’ll Love…

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