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Private, the world’s most acclaimed investigative service, has been contracted to guard the 2012 Olympic Games in London. As the opening ceremony approaches, Private investigator Peter Knight receives a frantic call: a precisely executed murder has taken the life of a key Games organizer. Knight must unravel a deadly plot that threatens to derail the event and expose a conspiracy reaching into the heart of Olympic security.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: James Patterson
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