Synopsis THE HOSTAGE marks the return of Charley Castillo, an army major attached to Homeland Security who answers directly to the President. In this gripping political/military thriller, the murder of an associate in Paris sends corrupt U.N. diplomat Jean-Paul Lorimer fleeing to a plush hideout in rural Brazil. But Lorimer's foes, pursuing the money Lorimer skimmed from the U.N./Iraq food-for-oil scandal, are relentless. They kidnap Lorimer's sister, Betsy Masterson, and murder her husband, the American Deputy Ambassador to Argentina, to coerce her into revealing Lorimer's whereabouts. The President assigns Charley and his team to find Lorimer first.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2006-01-03 | | Narrated by: | Dick Hill | | Series: | Griffin, W.E.B. | | Edition Description: | Unabridged |
| Size | | Height: | 5.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Note A second installment of the series that began with By Order of the President finds Department of Homeland Security Charley Castillo working to conduct a discreet investigation involving a murdered diplomat's brother-in-law, a man possessing key information about America's scandalous food-for-oil program. Simultaneous.
Industry Reviews "Castillo and his team of tough and shrewd experts are just the kind of believable people we want in these situations. And if it takes a novelist like Griffin, who has honed his skills and weapons in five previous series, to bring them to life, at least their real counterparts will have some fictional role models to live up to." (starred review) Publishers Weekly (11/07/2005)
"The prolific, mega-selling Griffin is well on his way to a credible American James Bond franchise." Kirkus (12/15/2005)
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