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Ultimatum

Simon Kernick

2013335 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2013
first published
  • 2013Century · ENGISBN 9781780890739
  • 2013Penguin Random House · 448 pages · ENGISBN 9780099579069
  • 2014335 pages · ENGISBN 9781476706252
  • 2013Arrow BooksISBN 9780099579083

A threat has been made. An ultimatum delivered. Innocent people are in mortal danger. It is the gripping new bestseller from the master of the race-against-time thriller. 8am: an explosion blasts through a cafe in central London. Minutes later a call is made to a local radio station: 'We've just detonated a bomb. Another will explode shortly. The British Government has until midnight tonight to meet all our demands, or a far greater attack will take place somewhere in the country that will bring fire down on all your heads. You have been warned ... ' DC Tina Boyd and DI Mike Bolt have just hours to stop the terrorists - before it's too late ...

How it feels

AtmosphereNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

When and where

ThemesJustice
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