a maiden's grave, by jeffry deaver, Three escaped prisoners hijack a schoolbus and take the deaf children and their teachers to a Kansas slaughterhouse. The quickly assembled FBI negotiating team is led by Arthur Potter, who develops an admiration for one of the hostages, deaf teacher Melanie Charrol. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. wow, all i can say, this book had it all, suspense, violence, some sex, and one of those books you can't put down, great stuff, don Don the curmudgeon has spoken. dpm51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx