At 8am the first shots are fired.
At 1pm, the police establish the gunman has a hostage.
By 5pm, a siege is underway.
At 9pm, DI Helen Birch walks, alone and unarmed, into an abandoned Borders farmhouse to negotiate with the killer.
One day. One woman. One chance to get everyone out alive.
The outstanding new novel from the highly acclaimed author of All the Hidden Truths and What You Pay For - both shortlisted for the CWA Golden Dagger.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9781529327441
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 228 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 30 mm
A breathless, real-time, 24-style thriller that combines nail-biting tension with boundless compassion - Erin Kelly
Tell Jack Bauer he's been supplanted . . . taut - The i newspaper
Claire Askew is proving to be a master of the suspenseful police procedural - Sunday Times Crime Club
This 24-style thriller is filled with nail-biting tension - The Scots Magazine
This nail-biter keeps up a rollicking pace - this is one you're likely to devour in one sitting - My Weekly
Tension-packed - Carlisle Living
Breathtaking - On Magazine
Nail-biting - Crime Monthly
An engrossing and thought provoking read - Belfast Telegraph
Very tense, sad and tragic, a thought provoking read - NB Books
Phew, the electric tension in this nail-biting, clock-ticking, thriller almost blew my fuses! Tension reaches screaming point . . . unmissable! - Peterborough Telegraph
The tension builds to genuinely frightening peaks . . . Enjoy the breathtaking thrill of the ride - The Scotsman
A tense psychological thriller - Choice Magazine
Askew has delivered a peak-page turner and fans of crime-fiction will be left with a cliffhanger ending and a pronounced desire to learn where DI Birch turns up next - Irish Examiner
Askew displays pitch-perfect understanding of tone and cadence . . . breathtaking thrill - Yorkshire Post
I thoroughly enjoyed the latest DI Birch novel, which leaves Edinburgh for a hostage situation that is tensely told without losing the humanity of its characters, a strength of all of Askew's books.
4+
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Compelling characters and a thrilling, fast paced plot, I couldn't put this book down. Another gripping read from Claire Askew. I highly recommend this to any avid crime/ thriller fans.
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