An unputdownable race-against-time thrilller from the rising star of British crime-writing

Shortlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2008.

"Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!"
--Harlan Coben

Simon Kernick is in his thirties, and lives with his wife and two young children near London. His previous novels, The Business of Dying, The Murder Exchange, The Crime Trade and A Good Day to Die are published as Corgi paperbacks. The research for Simon Kernick's novels is what makes them so authentic. His extensive list of contacts in the police force has been built up over more than a decade. It includes long serving officers in Special Branch, the National Crime Squad (now SOCA), and the Anti-Terrorist Branch, all of whom have plenty of tales to tell.