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Robert Crais
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About the Author
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Audio Tape - Orion Audio (2001)
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Jeff Talley was a good husband, a fine father, and a frontline negotiator with LAPD’s SWAT unit. But the high-stress, unforgiving job took an unbearable toll, so he takes the chief-of-police job in a sleepy commuter district far from the chaos of Los Angeles.
His peaceful existence is interrupted when three young men, fleeing the robbery of a mini-mart, burst into a home and take an accountant and his family hostage. That’s bad enough, but it just happens to be an accountant who launders money for L.A.’s Mafia. Soon, all involved are held hostage by fate; the only one capable of diffusing the crisis is the least stable of them all.
Some parts of this story contain strong language.
`We can now add the name of Robert Crais to the pantheon of great American writers’ Sunday Times
‘… pure audio-cinema’ – Observer (about Demolition Angel) 4 Cassettes Running Time: 6 hrs Abridged by James Daniels Produced by Sandra Burr
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Audio Tape Orion Audio (2000)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk Demolition Angel
Carol Starkey is struggling to pick up the pieces of her former life as L.A.'s finest bomb-squad technician. Fuelled by alcohol and Tagamet, she's doing time as a detective with LAPD's Criminal Conspiracy Section. Three years have passed since the explosion that scarred her and killed her partner and lover. She can't bear to look at herself in the mirror and she hasn't been with another man since.
A seemingly innocuous bomb call turns into a charred murder scene. Carol quickly discovers an intent far more disturbing than a one-shot act of anarchy. Each of a series of explosions is designed expressly to kill bomb technicians.
Demolition Angel matches razor sharp characterisation with stunning narrative velocity. It is sure to make Robert Crais one of the new megastars of American thriller fiction.
Lorelei King was born in Pennsylvania. Once described as 'the best-known American voice on Radio 4', she has played roles as varied as Patricia Cornwell's forensic detective Kay Scarpetta and Groucho Marx's sidekick. Film work includes The Saint and Notting Hill; on television she is a running character (Natalie Lawrence) in the acclaimed Cold Feet, and she has appeared in Jonathan Creek, Chef, The Comic Strip, Birds of a Feather and Rumpole of the Bailey. On stage she has acted in such classics as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Blues for Mr Charlie and Death of a Salesman. She was nominated as Performer of the Year at the 1999 Talkies (the audiobook industry awards).
4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs Abridged by John Nicholl Produced by Rinne/Jones
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About The Author
Robert Crais was born in Louisiana and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. He is the author of nine previous novels, including the bestsellers, Demolition Angel and the Edgar-nominated L.A. Requiem. He has two additional Edgar nominations and Anthony and Macavity Awards for his Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels. In addition to his novels, Crais has written scripts for L.A. Law and Hill Street Blues. Demolition Angel has been purchased by the producer of Jerry Maguire and is in development as a major motion picture.

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Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

  • Hostage (Orion Audio, 2001)
  • Demolition Angel (Orion Audio, 2000)

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