A threat has been made. An ultimatum delivered. Innocent people are in mortal danger. The gripping new bestseller from the master of the race-against-time thriller.

Pace, pace, pace is what Simon Kernick does best. Daily Mirror

Simon Kernick writes great plots, great characters, great action. Lee Child

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

Simon Kernick uses every trick in the book to keep the action breakneck. Time Out

Simon Kernick is one of Britain's most exciting thriller writers. He arrived on the crime writing scene with his highly acclaimed debut novel The Business of Dying, the story of a corrupt cop moonlighting as a hitman. Simon's big breakthrough came with his novel Relentless which was the biggest selling thriller of 2007. His most recent crime thrillers include The Last Ten Seconds, The Payback and Siege. Simon talks both on and off the record to members of the Met's Special Branch and the Anti-Terrorist Branch and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, so he gets to hear first hand what actually happens in the dark and murky underbelly of UK crime.