Simon Kernick
Hardcover | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 4.11 | 2244 Users | 216 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Siege |
| ISBN: | 0593062906 (ISBN13: 9780593062906) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.simonkernick.com/books/?e=9780099567783&t=Siege-Scope-1 |
| Series: | Scope #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2013) |
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London is under attack.People are dead. Many more lives hang in the balance as a group of highly trained gunmen storm the historic Stanhope Hotel on Park Lane.
The gunmen have given the government just five hours to meet their demands before they blow up the building.
Shots ring out. Some guests panic. Others text their loved ones. Still more try to escape. All are united by one thing: fear for their lives. All - except one man who has information so dangerous that it must be kept safe - at any price.
Darkness falls. The gunmen become increasingly violent. One question is in everybody's minds.
Will they survive the night?
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| Title | : | Siege (Scope #1) |
| Author | : | Simon Kernick |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
| Published | : | January 19th 2012 by Bantam Press (first published January 1st 2010) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Mystery. Crime. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 2244 Users | 216 ReviewsRate Epithetical Books Siege (Scope #1)
If you like thrillers, this is for you It's the best book I've read for months. A lot of strangers stuck in a hotel taken hostage by a bunch of terrorists. What are they all doing there and who will get out alive.Slow and a bit frustrating in the beginning as there are many characters to keep straight as the short chapters keep switching through them. Then it gets going and I was ready to give it five stars until the end completely ignores what happens to Tina Boyd as a result of her actions. I wont say what actions because Im not a spoiler.
Reading a Simon Kernick makes me remember that he is one of my favourite thriller writers. I always want to read more books by him after I finish one.This book was no exception...I loved it from the first page to the last. It was fast paced,always something happening whether in the hotel with the hostages and terrorists or outside with the police and SAS. I flew through the book so quickly,I just wanted to keep reading.There were a lot of characters from the hotel and the siege, I liked that we
A group of terrorists storm a London hotel, take its staff and guests hostage, and threaten to blow up the entire building and everyone in it unless their demands are met by midnight. What follows is a tense standoff between hostage takers and police, while a mysterious man who happened to be in the hotel pursuing his own bloody agenda takes matters into his own hands.Multiple viewpoints, a relentless pace and nonstop action make this an edge-of-your-seat kind of thriller with some unexpected
Read an amazing book after so long. The book was action packed and had me hooked till the end. All the parts of the story were so well planned and tied neatly in the end.After reading your revelation of the inspiration behind this, I thank Simon Kernick for going through a lot of troubles to make this book. You made all the characters come to life. I loved Scope, I'm glad you based this series on him in the end. And I think I would've really liked Ray Mason too ;)
Ive always enjoyed Simon Kernicks gritty London based thrillers, and this one was a new direction for the author. Maintaining the London setting Simon Kernick appeared to have deserted his usual character options (until Tina Boyd appears half way through!) for a hotel siege story. A fancy central London hotel is the target for an audacious terrorist plan (the author tries hard to avoid the standard Muslim fundamentalist route here with some interesting dynamics and viewpoints) and becomes the
Beyond brilliant, highly entertaining and would recommend in a heartbeat!
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