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''Masterful . . . superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison'' Publishers Weekly

What should have been a simple pick-up turns into a day-long nightmare for Bad Sam Chapman.


When an operational catastrophe puts a gun in the hands of a young man, who then breaks into South Oxford Nursery School and takes a group of hostages, teacher Louise Kennedy fears the worst. But Jaime Segura isn''t there on a homicidal mission, and he''s just as scared as those whose lives he holds as collateral.

As an armed police presence builds outside the school''s gates, Bad Sam Chapman - head of the intelligence service''s internal security force, the Dogs - battles the clock to find out what Jaime is after. But the only person Jaime will talk to is Ben Whistler, an MI6 accountant who worked with Jaime''s lover, Miro.

Miro''s gone missing, along with a quarter of a billion pounds allotted for r

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Masterful . . . superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison - Publishers Weekly

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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    ''Masterful . . . superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison'' Publishers Weekly

    What should have been a simple pick-up turns into a day-long nightmare for Bad Sam Chapman.


    When an operational catastrophe puts a gun in the hands of a young man, who then breaks into South Oxford Nursery School and takes a group of hostages, teacher Louise Kennedy fears the worst. But Jaime Segura isn''t there on a homicidal mission, and he''s just as scared as those whose lives he holds as collateral.

    As an armed police presence builds outside the school''s gates, Bad Sam Chapman - head of the intelligence service''s internal security force, the Dogs - battles the clock to find out what Jaime is after. But the only person Jaime will talk to is Ben Whistler, an MI6 accountant who worked with Jaime''s lover, Miro.

    Miro''s gone missing, along with a quarter of a billion pounds allotted for r

    Trade Review
    Masterful . . . superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison - Publishers Weekly

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