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A Maiden's Grave
Jeffrey Deaver, 1995
Penguin Group USA
544 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780451204295
Summary
Eight vulnerable girls and their helpless teachers are forced off a school bus and held hostage. The madman who has them at gunpoint has a simple plan: one hostage an hour will die unless the demands are met.
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. (From the publisher.)
The 1997 HBO-TV film adaption of the novel, titled Dead Silence, stars James Garner and Marlee Matlin.