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Standoff

Standoff

by Sandra Brown

2000Runaway teenagersHostage negotiationHostage negotiationsFictionAdventure fiction
4.0
Open Library
Open Library

About this book

An ambitious female television reporter is driving through New Mexico when she hears that a Texas millionarie's teenage daughter has been kidnapped. Knowing that the the girl's father lives nearby, she quickly lines up an interview.

Themes & subjects

Runaway teenagersHostage negotiationHostage negotiationsFictionAdventure fictionAdventure stories
First published 2000

Setting

New Mexico)New Mexico

About the author

Sandra Brown
Sandra Brown

1948

Sandra Lynn Cox was born on March 12, 1948 in Waco, Texas and raised in Ft. Worth. She is nothing if not serious when it comes to her work. As the oldest of five daughters, she was a responsible and mature girl, and always chose to read a book rather than play with dolls. Her responsible nature stayed with Sandra as she graduated from Texas Christian University with a degree in English, and in her job as a contributing feature reporter at the nationally syndicated PM Magazine in Dallas. When the show experienced mass layoffs, however, Sandra found herself out of work. Sandra married Michael Brown, former television anchorman and award-winning documentarian of Dust to Dust, and returned to…

Author

Sandra Brown

First published

2000

Pages

288

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

34

Languages

English, German, Russian

Publisher

Grand Central Publishing

ISBN

9783734104640

Where to buy

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