Deadline

Weve got your daughter. Its evening, youre back late from workand the house is in darkness. You step inside, and the phone rings. You answer itand your world is turned upside down. Your fourteen-year-old daughter has been taken, and her kidnappers want half a million pounds in cash. They give you 48 hours to raise the money. If you call the police, she will die. Trying desperately to remain calm, you realize that your husbandthe man you married two years agois also missing. But he cant be involved in your daughters abduction. Or can he? 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. From the Paperback edition. Review Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight! Harlan Coben Great plots, great characters, great action! Lee Child From the Paperback edition. About the Author SIMON KERNICK is one of Britain's most exciting new thriller writers, arriving on the scene with his highly acclaimed debut novel, The Business of Dying . His breakthrough novel, Relentless , became the bestselling thriller of 2007.