Retribution
(Book)
Published:
New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, [1995].
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
295 pages ; 24 cm
Status:
Boulder Junction Adult Fiction
FIC GRA
Description
"How hard can it be?" asks down-on-his-luck ex-cop Mike Devlin when he takes a plum job as the security director of a forty-story Manhattan office tower.
This hard: In less than two weeks Devlin will discover that a killer is targeting the company's top executives and that the building is accessible to entry and sabotage at a hundred critical points. And in less than three weeks, after a series of mysterious "accidental" deaths, the killer will be revealed as a world-class assassin, expert at penetrating the most sophisticated lockdown systems.
A highly sensitive deal-in-the-works prevents Devlin from going to the police, though all his instincts scream to do so. Nor can he rely on his own building-security prowess. He bluffed his way into the job.
Fortunately, the best thing about hitting bottom is that there's nowhere to go but up....
Retribution features a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at high-tech surveillance and executive protection; an affecting portrait of a hard-edged loner, Mike Devlin, who believes he has just one more chance to get it right; and a bathyscaph descent into a modern corporation where, frighteningly, the phrase "acceptable casualties" has secured a foothold. At once an electrifying cat-and-mouse thriller and a parable of cost/benefit accounting taken to its extreme, this is page-turning fiction at its finest.
This hard: In less than two weeks Devlin will discover that a killer is targeting the company's top executives and that the building is accessible to entry and sabotage at a hundred critical points. And in less than three weeks, after a series of mysterious "accidental" deaths, the killer will be revealed as a world-class assassin, expert at penetrating the most sophisticated lockdown systems.
A highly sensitive deal-in-the-works prevents Devlin from going to the police, though all his instincts scream to do so. Nor can he rely on his own building-security prowess. He bluffed his way into the job.
Fortunately, the best thing about hitting bottom is that there's nowhere to go but up....
Retribution features a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at high-tech surveillance and executive protection; an affecting portrait of a hard-edged loner, Mike Devlin, who believes he has just one more chance to get it right; and a bathyscaph descent into a modern corporation where, frighteningly, the phrase "acceptable casualties" has secured a foothold. At once an electrifying cat-and-mouse thriller and a parable of cost/benefit accounting taken to its extreme, this is page-turning fiction at its finest.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0060176407
Notes
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""How hard can it be?" asks down-on-his-luck ex-cop Mike Devlin when he takes a plum job as the security director of a forty-story Manhattan office tower."--BOOK JACKET. "This hard: In less than two weeks Devlin will discover that a killer is targeting the company's top executives and that the building is accessible to entry and sabotage at a hundred critical points. And in less than three weeks, after a series of mysterious "accidental" deaths, the killer will be revealed as a world-class assassin, expert at penetrating the most sophisticated lockdown systems."--BOOK JACKET. "A highly sensitive deal-in-the-works prevents Devlin from going to the police, though all his instincts scream to do so. Nor can he rely on his own building-security prowess. He bluffed his way into the job."--BOOK JACKET. "Fortunately, the best thing about hitting bottom is that there's nowhere to go but up...."--BOOK JACKET. "Retribution features a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at high-tech surveillance and executive protection; an affecting portrait of a hard-edged loner, Mike Devlin, who believes he has just one more chance to get it right; and a bathyscaph descent into a modern corporation where, frighteningly, the phrase "acceptable casualties" has secured a foothold. At once an electrifying cat-and-mouse thriller and a parable of cost/benefit accounting taken to its extreme, this is page-turning fiction at its finest."--BOOK JACKET.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Grant, M. (1995). Retribution. First edition. HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Grant, Michael, 1940 December 21-. 1995. Retribution. HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Grant, Michael, 1940 December 21-, Retribution. HarperCollins Publishers, 1995.
MLA Citation (style guide)Grant, Michael. Retribution. First edition. HarperCollins Publishers, 1995.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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