A Maiden's Grave
<b>A bus full of children is taken hostage in this “screaming hit” (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>) from the bestselling author of <i>The Never Game</i> and <i>The Bone Collector</i>.</b><br /><br />Along a windswept Kansas road, eight vulnerable girls and their helpless teachers are forced off a school bus and held hostage in an abandoned slaughterhouse. The madman who has them at gunpoint has a simple plan: One hostage an hour will die unless the demands are met.<br />  <br /> Called to the scene is Arthur Potter, the FBI’s best hostage negotiator. He has a plan. But so does one of the hostages—a beautiful teacher who’s willing to do anything to save the lives of her students. Now the clock is ticking as a chilling game of cat and mouse begins.