Superbly gripping plot-twister of a novel from the crime master himself, Ed McBain.

''He''s right at the top of the premier league of crime fiction'' DAILY MIRROR

Alice is a recently widowed young woman living in Florida with her two small children. Utterly devastated by her late husband''s death in a boating accident, she is struggling to re-build her life. And as if life can''t get any worse, her children are kidnapped. Surrounded by police fighting inter-departmental battles, Alice ultimately has to resort to finding and saving her children herself.

ALICE IN JEOPARDY is a truly gripping book, absolutely jam-packed with twists and turns, culminating in a totally unexpected ending.