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Deadline

By: Simon Kernick
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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About this listen

We've got your daughter.

It's evening, you're back late from work - and the house is in darkness.

You step inside, and the phone rings. You answer it - and your world is turned upside down. Your 14-year-old daughter's been taken and her kidnappers demand half a million pounds in cash. They give you 48 hours to raise the money. If you call the police, she will die.

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....

©2008 Simon Kernick (P)2009 WF Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Money Exciting

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"So authentic that it completely takes your breath away." (Mirror)
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This book contains all the suspense, fast-pace and excitment of his other books but unfortunately all the implausibilty too. It's OK but I found it a bit simple and not particularly gripping. It's a bit like Eastenders, if there's nothing on then a bit of brainless and unchallenging entertaintment fills the gap! Didn't think it was very well read which I found frustrating.

Not his best

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Loved it....and the story line....with places that you can relate to. makes it all the more real

Another good London based Crime Story

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I couldn't stop listening, it was such a good story and also very well narrated.

riveting story

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Simon Kernick is a writer I wanted to return to having thoroughly enjoyed his earlier thrillers and he does not disappoint with Deadline. It's a pacy, exciting story populated with interesting characters and some surprising twists. The narrator kept up a consitently menacing tone and, although his attempt at female voices were a bit Pythonesque, it kept my interest until the last word. Highly recommended!

A good yarn

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While not quite as good as the author's book, Relentless, this is nevertheless a pacy thriller that certainly kept me listening. The story depends on a fair number of coincidences but the tension is maintained throughout and the twists and turns keep the surprises going until the end. The narrator is good. Maybe because I'm s non-smoker but I do wish that Kernick didn't glamorizes smoking so much in his books.

Pacy story that keeps you listening

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