title: The Target (FBI Thriller)
author:  Catherine Coulter 
description: Coulter continues the suspense-filled series she began with <i>The Cove</i> (1996) and <i>The Maze</i> (1997), even bringing in some of the same characters. Her latest is set in the Colorado mountains, where Judge Ramsey Hunt has fled to recuperate after being forced to shoot a man during a melee in his courtroom. But his dream of peace and quiet is shattered when he discovers an unconscious, beaten, and sexually abused little girl who is too traumatized to speak. Reluctant to subject her to any more terror, Ramsey refrains from going to the authorities and cares for her himself. But once again, violence intrudes, first when two gunmen attempt to take the girl, and then when her mother, Molly, appears, ready to kill the man she believes is the kidnapper. Miraculously, Emma regains her voice in the nick of time, so Molly and Ramsey join forces and attempt to solve the mystery of her abduction. Emma is a target for any of a number of reasons--her father is a famous rock star with a gambling problem, and her grandfather is a Chicago Mob boss--and Coulter, who doesn't stint on humor or romance, keeps readers guessing. <i>Patty Engelmann</i>
zlib_text: Catherine Coulter - FBI 3 The Target
  Prologue
  HE SAW THE man clearly: tall, with dark clothes, a stark figure against the misty gray sky. He was
  walking into the big granite building, ugly and flat-looking, with scores of windows that didn't look
  out over much except if you were up high. Then, suddenly, he was behind the man, just over his
  shoulder, keeping pace with him, watching him take the elevator to the nineteenth floor. He was nearly
  beside him as he walked down the long corridor and opened the door to a large office. A smiling
  receptionist greeted him, laughing at something he said. He watched the man greet two other people, a
  young man and a young woman, both well dressed, both obviously subordinate to him. He went into a
  large office with the man, saw a United States flag, a huge desk with its computer on top, the built-in
  bookshelves behind him, the windows beside him. He punched up the computer. Then, he was right
  behind the man; he could have reached out and helped him put