Be ready for the lightning : a novel
On the surface, Veda's life in Vancouver seems to be going just fine--at nearly thirty, she has a good job, lifelong friends, and a close bond with her brother, Conrad. But Conrad's violent behavior, a problem since he was a teen, is getting more and more serious, and Veda's ongoing commitment to watch out for him is pushing her to a breaking point. When Veda is injured as a bystander during one of Conrad's many fights, she knows it's time to leave Vancouver for a fresh start. She heads to New York, staying in the Manhattan apartment of old friends Al and Marie. Exploring the city, she swings between feeling hopeful and lost--until one day the bus she's on is hijacked by a sweet-faced gun-toting man named Peter. He instructs Veda and the other passengers to spray paint the bus windows black, and what ensues is a gripping and unpredictable hostage situation, the outcome of which will make Veda question everything she knows about herself and the nature of fear.
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Hostages > Fiction. Hijacking of buses > Fiction. Canadian fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. |
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Thrillers (Fiction) Novels. |
- ISBN: 9780345811776
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Physical Description
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286 pages ; 23 cm - Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2017.