- Paperback: 298 pages
- Publisher: Berkley Pub Group (Mm) (November 1992)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0425135039
- ISBN-13: 978-0425135037
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 45 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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From Publishers Weekly
Simon Farrell is the tormented hero of this taut page-turner. Taken hostage in Lebanon, he is kept blindfolded, regularly beaten and put in a cell with a hanging corpse, attended by guards whom he mentally labels "Big Shoes" and "Garlic Breath." Farrell escapes, but his return home is far from happy. While he tries to reestablish his life with Lizbeth, his wife, to whom he has become a stranger, a sadistic character is on the loose--a serial killer with the cartoonish name of Donald Pick. Released from prison for his earlier crimes, Pick performs an elaborate mutilation on police consultant Dr. Lane Cubbage: "He quickly mashed the testes in his hands until they collapsed into a hemorrhaging paste." Lieutenant Jack Friedman finally tracks down Pick--otherwise known as "the Meatman"--but not before the killer has gone after Farrell and his wife and daughter, making a mockery of Farrell's homecoming. Costello ( Darkborn ) can write with power and pathos, and he gives his story a tragic twist, but the gratuitous cruelty brutalizes the reader.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Returned to the home he thought he would never see again, American hostage Simon Farrell finds his homecoming bliss shattered by a sadistic ex-con.
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JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE SAFELY OUT OF THE WATER...,
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This review is from: Homecoming (Paperback)
For years, American Simon Farrell has been held hostage in Lebanon, while his wife and daughter continue on with their lives. After years of torture, suddenly, he is coming home to a family he hasn't seen in years.
Donald Pick is also coming home. He has childhood memories of mental and physical abuse that he likes to re-enact. He also enjoys killing. Somehow, his path will cross that of Simon Farrell, and their lives will never again be the same. This is a tautly written, gripping story of psychological terror and suspense. It is a story that will hold the reader's imagination and keep the reader turning the pages.
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JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE SAFELY OUT OF THE WATER...,
By Lawyeraau - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Homecoming (Paperback)
For years, American Simon Farrell has been held hostage in Lebanon, while his wife and daughter continue on with their lives. After years of torture, suddenly, he is coming home to a family he hasn't seen in years.
Donald Pick is also coming home. He has childhood memories of mental and physical abuse that he likes to re-enact. He also enjoys killing. Somehow, his path will cross that of Simon Farrell, and their lives will never again be the same. This is a tautly written, gripping story of psychological terror and suspense. It is a story that will hold the reader's imagination and keep the reader turning the pages. |
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