I found this one of Kernick's poorer efforts. I have always enjoyed his books before

The beginning scene reminded me a lot of The Witness, especially the kidnapper going off to the bathroom.

The series of fortunate escapes from Rob Fallow stretched believability especially as he was eyeball to eyeball with a professional gunman a few times and escaped.

The book was also too long and could have been tighter. The planned gas attack element was ludicrous.

Also whether Jenny was dead or not was confusing.

Unconvinced by Tina Boyd being in mortal peril as we know she is in later books.

Tina remembering someone's mobile number while under extreme pain and stress was a little too unconvincing.

Body count was very high.
However, the book is an okay read. ( )

This was a fast paced thriller with plenty of action and well developed characters that you grew to care about. There were a number of different developments and surprises within the book - not all of them good ones. This is my second book by this author and it definitely keep me reading his books. ( )

Excellent read. Fast paced & punchy story. ( )

Gut zu lesen, spannend. Aus Sicht verschiedener Personen erzählt. Macht Lust auf mehr. ( )

This is the first book of Simon Kernick's that I have read.I found it different. The book has quite a few twists and turns in it and this makes it quite involved. I will be reading more of his books. ( )