Daylight - Max Allan Collins
Category: Suspense
Narrator: Cheryl Lamar. various
Tags: Suspense, Action, Adults
A novelization of the movie Publisher: Brillance 1996 Length: 5hrs 34min, From Library Journal review. When a stolen car recklessly encounters three flatbed trucks illegally carrying hazardous waste through Manhattans Holland Tunnel, the ensuing explosion closes the tunnel at both ends. Eleven ordinary people are left alive in the tunnel and must somehow deal with this most extraordinary situation. The story is told mainly through a series of first-person narratives by some of those in the tunnel?a teenage girl off with her parents for a family weekend, a young prostitute, a reserved older man, a brave young career woman?and by rescue workers on the outside. Most commanding is a discredited, former EMS chief, Kit Latura, who arranges to get into the tunnel to lead the survivors to safety., Effectively narrated by 13 readers, the voices portray fear, courage, and even ironic humor as the story is bounced from one narrator to the next. Interestingly, we always see Laturas actions from an
