MAITLAND UNDER SIEGE When Evan Maitland found out that Thomas Hicks had killed two men, he doubled his fee. Fifty thousand dollars to bring the bail jumper back to Chicago for trial. Thomas Hicks killed two men in self-defense. But for a black man with a record, he doesn't believe justice is going to prevail. He jumps bail, becomes a fugitive, and flees to western Kansas. He isn't there long before he realizes he would have been safer in a Chicago jail. Nina Harrows came from Dallas to find her sister. She's beautiful and she's tough. But her questions make the local cops nervous. In a place of evil, in a night of terror, the hunter will become the hunted, and Maitland will need help from both the fugitive and the lady if any of them are going to survive. (Book 2 in the Maitland series) Rights Information Publisher: Five Star, Hardcover (April 5, 2006) Thorndike Press, Large print (June 7, 2006) Territory: All rights reserved Rights Available: Translation; Film/TV Reviews: "It's clear we have a nascent star on our hands." - Wes Lukowsky, Booklist "...a survival story that never lets up on suspense, action and originality. Hunt's exciting sequel to his highly praised debut, Maitland, pulls out all the stops as it invigorates the tale of a world-weary ex-cop who turns out to be a first-rate hero." - Library Journal "[I]magine a cat-and-mouse chase with cat and mouse joining forces...Hunt drops his hero into a town filled with solid citizens hiding much worse secrets than a fugitive from justice, shows him gradually figuring out that he's playing for the wrong team and stages a string of crisp, satisfying action set-pieces once Maitland goes up against the Man himself." - Kirkus Blurbs: Purchase at Amazon.com

MAITLAND UNDER SIEGE

When Evan Maitland found out that Thomas Hicks had killed two men, he doubled his fee. Fifty thousand dollars to bring the bail jumper back to Chicago for trial.

Thomas Hicks killed two men in self-defense. But for a black man with a record, he doesn't believe justice is going to prevail. He jumps bail, becomes a fugitive, and flees to western Kansas. He isn't there long before he realizes he would have been safer in a Chicago jail.

Nina Harrows came from Dallas to find her sister. She's beautiful and she's tough. But her questions make the local cops nervous.

In a place of evil, in a night of terror, the hunter will become the hunted, and Maitland will need help from both the fugitive and the lady if any of them are going to survive.

(Book 2 in the Maitland series)

Rights Information

Publisher: Five Star, Hardcover (April 5, 2006)
Thorndike Press, Large print (June 7, 2006)

Rights Available: Translation; Film/TV

Reviews:
"It's clear we have a nascent star on our hands." - Wes Lukowsky, Booklist

"...a survival story that never lets up on suspense, action and originality. Hunt's exciting sequel to his highly praised debut, Maitland, pulls out all the stops as it invigorates the tale of a world-weary ex-cop who turns out to be a first-rate hero." - Library Journal

"[I]magine a cat-and-mouse chase with cat and mouse joining forces...Hunt drops his hero into a town filled with solid citizens hiding much worse secrets than a fugitive from justice, shows him gradually figuring out that he's playing for the wrong team and stages a string of crisp, satisfying action set-pieces once Maitland goes up against the Man himself." - Kirkus

Blurbs:

Purchase at Amazon.com