Claire Askew A Matter of Time (Hardback) DI Birch (UK IMPORT)

by Claire Askew

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Further Details Title: A Matter of Time Condition: New Author: Claire Askew Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Subtitle: The tense and thrilling hostage thriller, nominated for the McIlvanney Prize ISBN-10: 1529327407 EAN: 9781529327403 Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781529327403 Release Date: 03/10/2022 Language: English Item Height: 236mm Item Length: 160mm Genre: Fiction Topic: Crime Thrillers & Mystery Description: *** LONGLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD ** One day. One woman. One chance to get everyone out alive. 'TELL JACK BAUER HE HAS BEEN SUPPLANTED... A taut hostage scenario' iPAPER 'A breathless, real-time, 24-style thriller that combines nail-biting tension with boundless compassion' ERIN KELLY 'Askew is proving to be a master of the suspenseful police procedural' SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB 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. 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. 'Phew, the electric tension in this nail-biting, clock-ticking, thriller almost blew my fuses! Tension reaches screaming point...unmissable! 10/10' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH 'The tension builds to genuinely frightening peaks ... Enjoy the breath-taking thrill of the ride' THE SCOTSMAN 'An engross

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Canada
• Year: 2022
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781529327403
• Condition: Fine

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