Worst case
By: James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
Contributors: Ledwidge, Michael
Series: Michael Bennett -- 3
Publisher: Century; Doubleday Large Print
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9781846054709
Subjects: Hostages; Fiction; Children of the rich; Crimes against; Police; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Thriller / suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense; FICTION / Thrillers / General; FICTION / Crime
Description: One by one, children of New York's wealthiest are taken hostage. But the criminal doesn't crave money or power - he only wants to ask the elite if they know the price others pay for their luxurious lifestyles. And, if they don't, he corrects their ignorance - by killing them.
Table of contents: title: Children of New York's elite are being abducted and held hostage. But the criminal doesn't crave money; title: he only wants to test these privileged kids to see if they know the price others pay for their luxurious lifestyles. A wrong answer has fatal consequences. To Detective Michael Bennett, it is clear that these murders are only the beginning. Their killer has insanely grand ambitions; title: and the entire city is about to be brought to its knees. With all of New York in chaos, Bennett teams up with FBI agent Emily Parker and the two set out to capture the mastermind before he sets in motion his ultimate plan; title: a deadly lesson for the entire world.