After the First Death

  • After the First Death
    By Lawrence Block

    Alex Penn wakes up in a squalid Times Square hotel room. This is what he sees when he finally opens his eyes: "The floor was a sea of blood. A body floated upon this ocean. A girl-black hair, staring blue eyes, bloodless lips. Naked. Dead.

  • After the First Death
    By Lawrence Block

    When Alex Penn wakes up in an alcoholic stupor in a cheap hotel next to the body of a brutally murdered woman--for the second time--he has to find out what happened before the police do and clear his name. Reprint.

  • After the First Death
    By Robert Cormier

    Sixteen-year-old Miro had instructions to kill the bus driver immediately.

  • After the First Death
    By Robert Cormier

    Events of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and his son, chosen as the go ...

  • After the First Death
    By Robert Cormier

    On the outskirts of a small American town, a bus-load of young children is being held hostage.

  • After the First Death
    By Lawrence Block

    Alex Penn wakes up in a squalid Times Square hotel room. This is what he sees when he finally opens his eyes: "The floor was a sea of blood. A body floated upon this ocean. A girl--black hair, staring blue eyes, bloodless lips. Naked. Dead.