Reissued in stunning new cover design alongside THE MONKEY'S RAINCOAT, LULLABY TOWN and FREE FALL Published simultaneously with HOSTAGE, new in paperback Robert Crais's new hardback, THE LAST DETECTIVE, is also being published simultaneously Film rights to HOSTAGE have been bought by Bruce Willis for USD3 quarters million Robert Crais is a SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Crais is an excellent writer who gets fantastic reviews and sales to match The critics on Robert Crais: 'Elvis Cole is the very best kind of hero' GUARDIAN 'A brilliantly engineered thriller...Allocate time

Robert Crais is the author of numerous bestselling Elvis Cole and stand-alone thrillers, one of which, HOSTAGE, was made into a major film starring Bruce Willis. Crais has won many awards, and lives in LA.