Informationen zum Autor Dick Wolf, a two-time Emmy award-winning writer, producer, and creator, is the architect of one of the most successful brands in the history of televisionNBC's Law & Order , one of the longest-running scripted shows. Wolf is also the creator and executive producer of Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. He has won numerous awards, including Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series ( Law & Order ) and Outstanding Made-for-Television Movie ( Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ); a Grammy; and an Edgar. Wolf is the New York Times bestselling author of The Intercept and The Execution . The Ultimatum is the third book in his Jeremy Fisk series. He lives in Southern California. Klappentext Dick Wolf makes his literary debut with this tense, driving thriller filled with the ingenious twists and high-wire suspense we have come to expect from this master storyteller. Days before the July Fourth holiday and the dedication of One World Trade Center at Ground Zero, an incident aboard a commercial jet over the Atlantic Ocean reminds everyone that vigilance is not a task to be taken lightly. But for iconoclastic New York Police detective Jeremy Fisk, it may also be a signal that there is much more to this case than the easy answer: that this is just the work of another lone terrorist. So when a passenger from the same plane, a Saudi Arabian national, disappears into the crowds of Manhattan, it's up to Fisk and his partner Krina Gersten to find him before the celebrations begin. Watching each new lead fizzle, chasing shadows to dead ends, Fisk and Gersten quickly realize that their opponents are smarter and more agile than any they have ever faced. And time is running out. Zusammenfassung Dick Wolf! the celebrated creator of the Law & Order television franchise! makes his literary debut with The Intercept ! a taut! driving thriller reminiscent of the classic The Day of the Jackal . Days before the July Fourth holiday and the dedication of One World Trade Center at Ground Zero! an incident aboard a commercial jet reminds everyone involved that vigilance saves lives. But New York Police detective Jeremy Fiskfrom the department's Intelligence Division! a well-funded anti-terror unit modeled upon the CIAsuspects that the event is a warning sign that another! potentially more extraordinary scheme has been set in motion. So when a passenger from the same plane disappears into the crowds of Manhattan! it's up to Fisk and his partner Krina Gersten to find him before the celebrations begin... And time is running out. ...

Autorentext

Dick Wolf, a two-time Emmy award-winning writer, producer, and creator, is the architect of one of the most successful brands in the history of television—NBC's Law & Order, one of the longest-running scripted shows. Wolf is also the creator and executive producer of Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. He has won numerous awards, including Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series (Law & Order) and Outstanding Made-for-Television Movie (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee); a Grammy; and an Edgar. Wolf is the New York Times bestselling author of The Intercept and The Execution. The Ultimatum is the third book in his Jeremy Fisk series. He lives in Southern California.

Klappentext

Dick Wolf makes his literary debut with this tense, driving thriller filled with the ingenious twists and high-wire suspense we have come to expect from this master storyteller.

Days before the July Fourth holiday and the dedication of One World Trade Center at Ground Zero, an incident aboard a commercial jet over the Atlantic Ocean reminds everyone that vigilance is not a task to be taken lightly. But for iconoclastic New York Police detective Jeremy Fisk, it may also be a signal that there is much more to this case than the easy answer: that this is just the work of another lone terrorist. So when a passenger from the same plane, a Saudi Arabian national, disappears into the crowds of Manhattan, it's up to Fisk and his partner Krina Gersten to find him before the celebrations begin. Watching each new lead fizzle, chasing shadows to dead ends, Fisk and Gersten quickly realize that their opponents are smarter and more agile than any they have ever faced. And time is running out.

Zusammenfassung

Dick Wolf, the celebrated creator of the *Law & Order *television franchise, makes his literary debut with The Intercept, a taut, driving thriller reminiscent of the classic The Day of the Jackal.

Days before the July Fourth holiday and the dedication of One World Trade Center at Ground Zero, an incident aboard a commercial jet reminds everyone involved that vigilance saves lives.

But New York Police detective Jeremy Fisk—from the department’s Intelligence Division, a well-funded anti-terror unit modeled upon the CIA—suspects that the event is a warning sign that another, potentially more extraordinary scheme has been set in motion. So when a passenger from the same plane disappears into the crowds of Manhattan, it’s up to Fisk and his partner Krina Gersten to find him before the celebrations begin... And time is running out.