'We've got your daughter.'
It's evening, you're back late from work - and the house is in darkness.
You step inside, and the phone rings. You answer it - and your world is turned upside down.
Your fourteen-year-old daughter's been taken, and her kidnappers demand half a million pounds in cash. They give you 48 hours to raise the money. If you call the police, she will die.
As the nightmare unravels, you can be certain of only two things: that you will do anything to get your daughter back alive - and that time is running out ...
Simon Kernick is one of Britains most exciting thriller writers. He arrived on the crime writing scene with his highly acclaimed debut novelThe Business of Dying, the story of a corrupt cop moonlighting as a hitman. Simon's big breakthrough came with his novelRelentlesswhich was the biggest selling thriller of 2007. His most recent crime thrillers includeSiege,Ultimatum,Stay AliveandThe Final Minute. He is also the author of the bestselling three-part serial thrillersDead Mans GiftandOne By One.
Simon talks both on and off the record to members of the Counter Terrorism Command and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, so he gets to hear first hand what actually happens in the dark and murky underbelly of UK crime.
