Private screening / Richard North Patterson.
By: Patterson, Richard North
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books c1985Edition: 1st Ballantine Books edDescription: 441 p. ; 18 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0345311396 (pbk.)Subject(s): Presidential candidates -- Fiction | Assassins -- FictionGenre/Form: Legal stories.Summary: The nation is stunned silent when presidential hopeful James Kilcannon is shot dead, point-blank, while sharing the stage at a benefit concert with his rock-star girlfriend, Stacy Tarrant. Fiercely independent attorney Tony Lord defends the assassin in a sensational trial that erupts into the media event of the decade. But the most shocking gambit ever witnessed in the history of television has yet to unfold.Summary: As America watches, a mysterious and ruthless figure known only as Phoenix takes to the airwaves in the ultimate act of high-tech terror. Holding the wife of a wealthy newspaper mogul and Stacy's manager hostage, Phoenix mounts a televised trial of his own, in which Stacy Tarrant and Tony Lord are helpless defendants, millions of viewers are jurors, and -- unless his chilling demands are met -- Phoenix is the unstoppable executioner....| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| FICTION | COLLEGE LIBRARY | COLLEGE LIBRARY FICTION | Fic P2778 1985 (Browse shelf) | Available | CITU-CL-48459 |
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The nation is stunned silent when presidential hopeful James Kilcannon is shot dead, point-blank, while sharing the stage at a benefit concert with his rock-star girlfriend, Stacy Tarrant. Fiercely independent attorney Tony Lord defends the assassin in a sensational trial that erupts into the media event of the decade. But the most shocking gambit ever witnessed in the history of television has yet to unfold.
As America watches, a mysterious and ruthless figure known only as Phoenix takes to the airwaves in the ultimate act of high-tech terror. Holding the wife of a wealthy newspaper mogul and Stacy's manager hostage, Phoenix mounts a televised trial of his own, in which Stacy Tarrant and Tony Lord are helpless defendants, millions of viewers are jurors, and -- unless his chilling demands are met -- Phoenix is the unstoppable executioner....
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