All fall down

All fall down Zachary alan fox paperback coypright 1997 477 pages ISBN 0786004509 Here's a first novel so self-assured and truly frightening that you'll wonder what Zachary Fox can possibly do for an encore. A psychopath in a clown suit hijacks a busload of disabled children in the Southern California desert near Palm Springs and threatens to kill them all if he's not paid $20 million. A Native American policewoman, Ellen Comacho, is caught up in the crime and the ensuing turf battle between the FBI and the local police. Not the least of the author's many accomplishments is the ability to orchestrate a touching romance against a background of terror.