LEADER 01827ojm 2200253z- 450 001 9910148913503321 005 20230912161814.0 010 $a0-00-722080-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000923616 035 $a(BIP)014060339 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000923616 100 $a20231107c2005uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 10$aStraw Men 210 $cHarperCollins UK 330 8 $aThe first in an explosive trilogy of thrillers from Michael Marshall. This book takes the serial-killer book ands adds a chilling new dimension, combining pace, narrative and a genuinely disturbing conspiracy story.Sarah tries to struggle, but the man holds her. The scream never makes it out of her throat. 'Nobody watching,' the man says with hateful calm. 'I made it this way. I can walk where nobody sees.'Sarah Becker is the fifth girl to be abducted by this maniac. Judging from the state of the bodies that have been found, her long hair will be hacked off and she will be tortured. She has about a week to live.Former LA homicide detective John Zandt has an inside track on the perpetrator - his own daughter was one of his victims two years ago.But the key to Sarah's whereabouts lies with Ward Hopkins, a man with a past so secret not even he knows about it. His parents have just died in a car accident, but they leave Ward a bizarre message that leads him to question everything he once believed to be true.As he begins to investigate his own past Ward finds himself drawn into the shadowy, sinister world of the Straw Men - and into the desperate race to find Sarah, before her time runs out 676 $a823/.914 700 $aMarshall$b Michael$092043 702 $aNicholl$b Kati$4oth 702 $aShale$b Kerry$4oth 906 $aAUDIO 912 $a9910148913503321 996 $aStraw Men$93654362 997 $aUNINA