The plan was well made. The bus carrying Hardin to the death house was commandeered precisely on schedule. Hardin, free of handcuffs, backed by his number-one thug, forced the bus out into the desert toward the rendezvous with the black sedan. And then the plan exploded. The sand storm rose-one of the worst in Southern California's history-and the bus was mired down hopelessly. The bus driver was shot to death. And-most dangerous of all-courage flamed in the shocked passengers. Weaponless, silent, but as one, they struck back against the men of violence-and paid them off in their own brutal coin! Lionel White has achieved a grand telling of a story as he concentrates first on one character then on another, picking up the individual threads and building them into a brilliantly integrated climax. Death Takes the Bus is a masterpiece of originality, a highly plotted and ingeniously executed story of suspense. In Death Takes the Bus, master of suspense Lionel White crafts a tense, tightly-woven mystery that keeps readers on edge from start to finish. The story begins when a routine bus trip that takes a chilling turn. A diverse group of passengers boards the bus, expecting nothing more than a quiet journey to their destination. However, their plans are derailed when one of them is an escaped convict looking for a rendezvous with his old pals. Filled with psychological tension and White's trademark noir style, Death Takes the Bus is a gripping and haunting exploration of human nature under extreme circumstances.
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