An einem Tag wie jeder andere

Synopsis of An einem Tag wie jeder andere

«An einem Tag wie jeder andere» is the suspense novel by Joseph Hayes, published by Goldmann in paperback (221 pages, in German).

Three escaped criminals hide in Indianapolis and take the Hilliard family hostage in their own home, while waiting for money and planning revenge on Deputy Webb. The family, initially helpless, plots an escape that ends up needing a police force that reacts at the last moment.

Translated from English by Maria von Schweinitz, this is the 1991 Goldmann edition; the cover indicates the novel was adapted into a movie as «24 Stunden in seiner Gewalt».

For readers of classic suspense with domestic tension, and for those who want to approach the literary basis of the movie «24 Stunden in seiner Gewalt».