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Richard Steinberg Nobody's Safe
Bantam 2000 0553581880 / 9780553581881 Mass Market Paperback Very Good
0553581880 0553581880 From Publishers Weekly Picking locks is second nature to the steel-nerved protagonist of Steinberg's tough-talking?and pulp to the core?thriller. Greg Picaro, a thief who prides himself on his fine taste and self-restraint (he doesn't take unnecessary risks and can distinguish Paul Revere silver from the dross) is robbing Jack Kerry's apartment when three men enter and kill Kerry and his hired date. Mr. Kilbourne, the leader of the group, offs Kerry on the hunch that Kerry leaked information about two people named Joe and Max to tabloid TV reporter Megan Turner. Picaro is the next on Kilbourne's list. Steinberg (The Gemini Man) calls on his personal expertise in high-risk security and counterterrorism to impart realism to the courtroom scenes and chilling detail to the maneuvers of the thieves and thugs. Readers who may be initially put off because the opening sequence is reminiscent of Absolute Power will soon be seduced by a compulsively readable story that crackles with narrative energy and demands a sequel. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Greg Picaro is stealing valuables from an apartment when the owner and his girlfriend are murdered. Picaro escapes with items that place him in eminent danger from Majestic Twelve, a super-secret government agency with unlimited power and authority. The agency has been keeping two mysterious charges, Joe and Max Gray, hidden from the world in a virtually impregnable Nevada installation. Picaro, a world-class burglar with a knack for breaking into any security system, proves an elusive target and soon has assembled an assault team consisting of a reporter who has stumbled on the Majestic secret, a computer hack, and a group of gypsies who provide the muscle and then some. The reader knows what is waiting in the hidden bunker in the Nevada desertAwe've all seen The X-FilesAbut Steinberg (The Gemini Man, LJ 3/1/98) has created an extraordinary hero in Greg Picaro, whose ability to overcome all obstacles carries the book to an enormously rewarding conclusion.AJo Ann Vicarel, Cleveland Hts. University Hts. P.L., OH Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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