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The First 48
A FALLEN HERO.HIS MISSING DAUGHTER. 48 HOURS TO SAVE HER LIFE— and the clock is ticking... As a child, Jane Redmon heard the name Gleason in hushed whispers around her upstate New York home but never knew why. Now, as a fearless Washington Post reporter digging into a corruption case, she discovers the truth: Twenty years ago, before he became a senator, a young Michael Gleason ruined the career and life of her father, Tom, a public prosecutor on the rise. Today Tom Redmon has bottomed out as a low-rent attorney taking on unwinnable cases and as a widower living in an alcoholic fog and a crumbling house overlooking a lake. No one believes in him except his daughter and his 300-pound best, and only, friend—a reformed motorcycle gang member and computer whiz, Mike Tubbs. Then Jane disappears. When the D.C., police suspect a kidnapping, Redmon doesn't have to look at a list of suspects. As a former cop, he also knows that after the first 48 hours, victims disappear forever. Even as he jumps into his battered old pickup with Tubbs and heads into Washington, the countdown has already started. In D.C., Redmon learns his daughter was last seen following a handsome attorney with sharp green eyes who promised secret files filled with the stuff Pulitzers are made of. But the labyrinth that is Washington cannot compare to the twisted trail Redmon and Tubbs will follow five hundred miles north, to a remote island in New York State where Jane has either fallen in love or is about to lose her life. The clock is running down, and Tom doesn't know whom to trust, including himself. Is he fighting the battle he's been waiting for—or still tilting at windmills? There's no time for mistakes. THE FIRST 48 could be his daughter's last. Read an excerpt. BUY THE BOOK from an independent bookstore or Amazon. 
THE FIRST 48 Hardcover: Warner Books, February 2004, ISBN: 0-4465-3144-8 Paperback: Warner Books, May 2005, ISBN: 0-4466-1488-2 Audio editions also available
Praise"Swift...involving." —Kirkus Reviews "A fast-moving page-turner, with a strong friendship at its core and surprises right up to the very satisfying conclusion." —BookLoons.com "Great...excellent...a suspenseful plot, blow-by-blow scenes, and interesting twists." —MyShelf.com "A top-notch suspense thriller that has all the makings of a Hollywood movie...a thrilling suspense mystery. Highly recommended." —NewMysteryReader.com "An action-packed, fast-paced story...entertaining...captivates the reader's attention from the first moment." —BestsellersWorld.com "Contains some of the best writing he has ever done...A great ride...[with] memorable characters...Fans of John Grisham who have yet to discover Green will be delighted to do so with this novel." —BookReporter.com "Delightful...Fans will enjoy this terse tale due to an interesting cast...Suspense thriller fans will appreciate this exhilarating Potomac quest and counterquest." —Harriet Klausner Syndicated Review  |
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