Standoff - sandra brown

Ambitious TV reporter Tiel McCoy hears that the teenage daughter of a Texas tycoon has been kidnapped.

Racing to cover the story, she stops at a convenience store where she is taken hostage in a holdup attempt by two desperate young loversNone of which is the tycoons daughter.

Tiel must act fast to avert a disaster.

Reissue.

In this suspenseful thriller, a journalist who stumbles upon a deadly crime while pursuing the scoop of a lifetime will find her strength and conviction tested in new and frightening ways.

TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Forth Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped.

Immediately, she ditches her holiday to chase down the story that could make her career.

But in a town called Rojo Flats, an innocuous stop at a convenience store thrusts her directly into the unfolding story -- and a dangerous crime drama.

For inside the shop two desperate young lovers are holding a half dozen frightened hostages .

and a powder keg of a standoff is about to test Tiels courage, journalistic integrity, and everything she has ever believed.