Blindside
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Little, Brown and Company
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English
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When New York City's Mayor is desperate to find his missing daughter, Detective Michael Bennett steps in to help the Mayor and strike a deal to save his son in prison. Bennett and the mayor have always had a tense relationship, but now the mayor sees in Bennett a discreet investigator with family worries of his own. Just one father helping another. The detective leaps into the case and sources lead him to a homicide in the Bronx. The victim has ties to a sophisticated hacking operation—and also to the mayor's missing daughter, Natalie, a twenty-one-year-old computer prodigy. The murder is part of a serial killing spree, one with national security implications. And suddenly Bennett is at the center of a dangerous triangle anchored by NYPD, FBI, and a transnational criminal organization. Michael Bennett has always been an honorable man, but sometimes—when the lives of innocents are at stake—honor has to take a back seat. Survival comes first.
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Born, James O. author
ISBN
9780316420334
9780316529662
9781538764404
9780316529662
9781538764404
Subjects
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Bennett, Michael -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Children of politicians -- Fiction
Detective and mystery stories
Father and child -- Fiction
Hackers -- Fiction
Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Missing persons -- Fiction
Missing persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Organized crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Serial murder investigation -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Fiction
Children of politicians -- Fiction
Detective and mystery stories
Father and child -- Fiction
Hackers -- Fiction
Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Missing persons -- Fiction
Missing persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Organized crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Serial murder investigation -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Fiction
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The daughter of New York's mayor is missing, and Det. Michael Bennett's son is in jail. So they agree to trade help, with Michael investigating a homicide victim tied to both the computer-smart daughter and an ambitious hacking operation. The string of nasty murders that follows eventually affects national security, complicating matters by bringing in the NYPD, the FBI, and global crime. With a 450,000-copy first printing.
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The daughter of New York's mayor is missing, and Det. Michael Bennett's son is in jail. So they agree to trade help, with Michael investigating a homicide victim tied to both the computer-smart daughter and an ambitious hacking operation. The string of nasty murders that follows eventually affects national security, complicating matters by bringing in the NYPD, the FBI, and global crime. With a 450,000-copy first printing.
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