Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator

by Gary Noesner

Book Overview

The FBI's chief hostage negotiator recounts harrowing standoffs, including the Waco siege with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, in a memoir that inspired the miniseries Waco, now on Netflix. "Riveting . . . the most in-depth and absorbing section is devoted to the 1993 siege near Waco, Texas."- The Washington Post In Stalling for Time, the FBI's chief hostage negotiator takes readers on a harrowing tour through many of the most famous hostage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525511288
• ISBN13: 9780525511281
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Random House Trade
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Such an exciting read

I read a lot of true crime & this has been one of the few books that I just couldn’t put down & finished within a day. Such detailed descriptions of the events that occurred. I highly suggest this read!!

A Spellbinding True Story of an outstanding FBI Negotiator

This is a spellbinding collection of real accounts from the view point of the man who attempted to negotiated safe release of hostages. This is one of the best books I have read as an adult. I could not put it down!!!