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A first-rate one act, one scene hostage drama conflict!

TV personality Tiel McCoy is headed to New Mexico for some long overdue R&R. Cue in the outrageous entirely over-the-top coincidence that readers will completely forgive and overlook because without it, STANDOFF doesn’t exist as a bitchin� hostage drama! Russell Dendy, narcissistic, sociopathic and utterly self-serving Fort Worth tycoon, is ranting to all and sundry that his daughter, Sabra, has been kidnapped, seduced, and violated by white trash young man, Ron Davison. Meanwhile, back at the proverbial ranch, in a god-forsaken middle-of-nowhereville gas station convenience store where our heroine Tiel McCoy is gassing up the wheels and picking up a few snacks for the miles left on her road trip, the young man and his girlfriend, whom readers discover is pregnant and hanging on the edge of imminent labour, crash the party and hold everyone in the store hostage at the point of a gun. Sandra Brown’s lightspeed narrative will glue you to your seat and leave you utterly slack-jawed and gob-smacked.

New York Post’s back cover ridiculously clichéd blurb gushes: “Nearly impossible to put down � a gripping, effective page-turner� Guess what? I agree 100% and will happily tell you that STANDOFF joins the ranks of the very few books in my lifetime that I have polished off in a single sitting. We’re not talking any literary prizes here but, damn, it sure was fun!

Paul Weiss