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A gunman rips into South Oxford Nursery School, forcing teacher Louise Kennedy to brace for their worst fears. Jaime Segura is there not to kill, but to survive, sharing the terror with every hostage. As armed police hover outside the school, the only conversation Jaime has is with Ben Whistler, an MI6 accountant who once worked alongside Jaime’s missing lover, Miro. Miro vanished with a quarter‑billion pounds earmarked for Iraq’s reconstruction, a fact that raises questions of theft and conspiracy. Jaime resists labeling Miro a thief, even as Louise and the other hostages grow doubtful, and outside forces threaten to silence him before the truth comes out.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Suspense/Action Suspense
Authors: Mick Herron
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