Demolition Angel
A Novel
Robert Crais
- “Crais
- is
- at
- the
- top
- of
- his
- game,
- and
- Demolition
- Angel
- delivers
- the
- goods.
- With
- a
- bang.
- .
- .
- .
- It’s
- Silence
- of
- the
- Lambs
- meets
- Speed.
- .
- .
- .
- Crais
- knows
- how
- to
- press
- all
- the
- right
- buttons
- in
- keeping
- the
- story
- line
- taut
- and
- the
- action,
- well,
- explosive.”—San
- Francisco
- ChronicleCarol
- Starkey
- is
- struggling
- to
- pick
- up
- the
- pieces
- of
- her
- former
- life
- as
- L.A.’s
- finest
- bomb
- squad
- technician.
- Fueled
- with
- liberal
- doses
- of
- alcohol
- and
- Tagamet,
- she’s
- doing
- time
- as
- a
- Detective-2
- with
- LAPD’s
- Criminal
- Conspiracy
- Section.
- Three
- years
- have
- passed
- since
- the
- event
- that
- still
- haunts
- her:
- a
- detonation
- that
- killed
- her
- partner
- and
- lover,
- scarred
- her
- body
- and
- soul,
- and
- ended
- her
- career
- as
- a
- bomb
- tech.When
- a
- seemingly
- innocuous
- bomb
- call
- explodes
- into
- a
- charred
- murder
- scene,
- Carol
- catches
- the
- case
- and
- embarks
- on
- an
- investigation
- of
- a
- series
- of
- explosions
- that
- reveal
- chilling
- intentions.
- The
- bombs
- are
- designed
- expressly
- to
- kill
- bomb
- technicians.
- Now,
- as
- the
- one
- tech
- who
- survived
- the
- deadliest
- of
- blasts,
- Carol
- is
- in
- for
- the
- most
- perilous
- fight
- of
- her
- life.
- .
- .
- .Praise
- for
- Demolition
- Angel“Terrific
- .
- .
- .
- explosive
- .
- .
- .
- [a]
- high
- powered
- thrill
- ride.”—The
- Wall
- Street
- Journal“Gripping
- .
- .
- .
- Crais
- piles
- on
- plot
- twists
- .
- .
- .
- gathering
- the
- separate
- threads
- at
- the
- end
- and
- igniting
- them
- like
- a
- string
- of
- fireworks.”—People“A
- powerful,
- self-contained
- novel
- of
- suspense
- that
- has
- the
- compactness,
- velocity,
- and
- effectiveness
- of
- a
- well-aimed
- bullet
- .
- .
- .
- This
- is
- a
- thriller
- that
- works
- on
- every
- level,
- a
- pivotal
- work
- from
- a
- crime
- novelist
- operating
- at
- the
- top
- of
- his
- game.”***—Los
- Angeles
- Times***“Fascinating
- and
- frighteningly
- believable
- .
- .
- .
- Starkey
- is
- one
- of
- the
- toughest
- characters
- to
- grace
- the
- crowded
- field
- of
- thriller
- books
- in
- a
- long
- time.”—USA
- Today“A
- flammable
- techno-thriller
- with
- the
- kind
- of
- force
- that
- knocks
- out
- windows.”***—The
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- Review***"Packs
- an
- explosive
- punch.
- Though
- the
- pace
- of
- the
- book
- moves
- like
- a
- quick-burning
- fuse,
- Crais
- still
- takes
- the
- time
- in
- Demolition
- Angel
- to
- sketch
- out
- some
- memorable
- characters:
- Starkey,
- haunted
- and
- hollow-eyed,
- covering
- up
- her
- pain
- with
- a
- Bogart-tough
- demeanor;
- and
- John
- Michael
- Fowles
- (aka
- Mr.
- Red),
- a
- sociopath
- who
- gets
- all
- sorts
- of
- information
- from
- the
- Internet
- without
- breaking
- a
- sweat.
- .
- .
- .
- Crais
- keeps
- things
- wound
- so
- tight
- that
- readers
- will
- be
- getting
- paper
- cuts
- in
- their
- rush
- to
- finish
- this
- one.”***—The
- Denver Post***
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