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pp 448 Hardback with paper dust jacket - both in excellent condition; clean pages; blue board with rust title on navy spineMichael Hrubeck, a twenty-eight-year-old man with childlike yearnings, escapes from a hospital for the criminally insane and sets out to find the woman who named him as the Indian Leap State Park murderer. While flash floods sweep New England, escaped schizophrenic Michael Hrubek leads pursuers on a perilous chase as he seeks to confront Lisbonne Atcheson, whose testimony clinched his conviction as the Indian Leap State Park murderer. The premise is hackneyed, the plot somewhat formulaic, but Deaver's ( Hard News ) knack for pacing and misdirection enliven this entertaining thriller. At the center of the drama is the complex Hrubek, a terrifying figure with problems big enough to match his 300-pound frame. At times he recognizes and is painfully frustrated by his tenuous grip on reality; at others, he is racked with guilt over having assassinated President Lincoln. On Hrubek's trail are his therapist, Dr. Richard Kohler; professional tracker Trenton Heck and his prize bloodhound Emil; the police; and Lisbonne's attorney husband Owen, a seasoned hunter and combat veteran. What really happened at Indian Leap is revealed in a climax that brings everyone together at Lisbonne's newly inherited estate in remote, storm-battered Ridgeton.
Title: Praying for Sleep
Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense,
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: US, Viking Adult: 1994
ISBN Number: 0670854328
ISBN Number 13: 9780670854325
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Like New
Jacket Condition: Excellent
Type: Hardcover
Size: 20 x 20 x 20 inches
Seller ID: PGB236
Keywords: Mentally ill offenders--Fiction, Murderers--Fiction