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0552164305 
Book Deadline; Simon Kernick
Year: 2011
Language: English
Type: Book
Class Number: THRILLER
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Corgi, 2011
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9780552164306
Notes:
Originally published: London: Bantam, 2008
Andrea Devane's 14-year-old daughter has been kidnapped and her kidnappers demand half a million pounds in cash. Trying desperately to remain calm, she realises that her husband is also missing. Can he be involved in her daughter's abduction?
Extent: 488 p., 20 cm, pbk
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