Product Description

Straight off I knew it was going to be a bad day. The room was stifling hot; and when I did finally manage to drag open my eyes, all I could see was blood. I thought I'd stepped into the middle of a nightmare. But I was wrong. The nightmare was only just beginning. Ex-soldier Sean Tyler wakes up in an unfamiliar room next to the headless corpse of a girl he's met recently. With his memory of the previous 24 hours wiped clean, he's hardly out of bed before the he notices a note next to the TV telling him to press play on the room's DVD machine. The film shows him stabbing someone to death. Tyler is confident that the footage is fake, but will a jury see things the same way? The man on the end of the phone tells him that if he wants the evidence to disappear, he must go to an address in east London, and await further instructions. Tyler knows he must do as he is told. He also knows that the phone caller has no intention of keeping him alive. To survive he must recover the missing 24 hours of his life and find out who's setting him up before his time runs out for good. The clock is ticking...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98096 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

From the Inside Flap
When formersoldier Dan Tyler wakes up in a strange room on a bed covered in blood, with no idea how he got there, he thinks he’s stepped into someone else’s nightmare.

But he’s wrong. This is reality.

The corpse beside him is Leah, a girl he’s met recently. And it gets worse.

As he staggers from the bed the phone rings, and a voice tells him to press play on the room’s DVD machine.The film shows Tyler killing Leah. Then he’s told to go to an address in East London where he’s to deliver a briefcase and await further instructions.

There’s no way out. The evidence against him looks rock-solid.

Tyler’s heading into terrible danger. If he’s to survive the next 12 hours, he must find out who really murdered Leah and why.

From the Back Cover
‘From the moment I open my eyes, I know it’s going to be a bad day. The room’s stifling hot; my head feels like a dwarf on speed’s dancing a jig on it, and the blood … Well, the blood’s everywhere.

It feels as if I’ve stepped into the middle of someone else’s nightmare.

But I’m wrong. This is my nightmare. And it’s only just beginning.’



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

‘Great plots, great characters, great action. Simon Kernick might just be the best of Britain’s new-wave crime writers.’ Lee Child

About the Author
The research for Simon Kernick's novels is what makes them so authentic. His extensive list of contacts in the police force has been built up over more than a decade. It includes long serving officers in Special Branch, the National Crime Squad (now SOCA), and the Anti-Terrorist Branch, all of whom have plenty of tales to tell. He is in his thirties, lives near London and has two young children.

Customer Reviews

Severed
I've just finished reading this and I couldn't put it down,none stop action that never lets up. I would place Simon Kernick somewhere between Lee Child and Harlen Coban for the writing style. The story starts with Tyler waking up in bed with the headless corpse of his girl friend next to him with no idea of where he is or any of the events leading up to this and a tape is there waiting for him which shows that he is the one who killed her. This seems impossible to him because he had no reason to kill her and he was madly in love with her too. So begins a frantic race over the next twenty four hours to find out what's really going on,the words just fly off the page and you won't be able to read them fast enough as Tyler finds he has been set up for murder, from the first page to the last the tale moves with the momentum of a runaway train with thrills and plenty of violence along the way. With not one wasted word and chapters that blend seamlessly into each other this book is a pure adrenalin rush I totally loved it and would recommend it to any fan of thrillers. Great entertainment.

Faster Than The Speed Of Light!
I started reading this and from the very first page found it almost impossible to put down. The graphic descriptions mean it's not a book for everyone, but certainly if you like real-life gangster stories with plenty of twists and turns and a fast pace you will enjoy this book. Although the ending was fairly tame in comparison to the rest of the plot I felt it worked extremely well. I've just purchased two more of Simon Kernick's books and am hoping they're as good as this one.

Fast Paced
I can't believe so many people have given this book a low rating! This was the 1st Simon Kernick Book i read and it made me go and buy all the rest! This guy is some writer!