Author: Ed McBainISBN: 9780752865034Publisher: OrionYear first published: 01 Feb 2006Pages: 384 Format: Paperback / softbackAlice in Jeopardy is the first novel in a brand new series from the author of the acclaimed 87th Precinct series. Each novel is set in a different location featuring a contemporary woman whose life or children are suddenly endangered. The woman must find in herself the resources to save both her children and herself.Alice is a recently widowed young woman living in Florida with her two small children. Utterly devastated by her late husband's death in a boating accident, she is struggling to re-build her life. And as if life can't get any worse, her children are kidnapped. Surrounded by police fighting inter-departmental battles, Alice ultimately has to resort to finding and saving her children herself. Alice in Jeopardy is a truly gripping book, absolutely jam-packed with twists and turns, culminating in a totally unexpected ending.
