A Matter of Time - The tense thrilling hostage thriller, nominated for McIlvanney Prize

At 8am the first shots are fired. At 1pm, the police establish the gunman has a hostage. By 5pm, a siege is underway. At 9pm, DI Helen Birch walks, alone and unarmed, into an abandoned Borders farmhouse to negotiate with the killer. One day. One woman. One chance to get everyone out alive. The outstanding new novel from the highly acclaimed author of All the Hidden Truths and What You Pay For - both shortlisted for the CWA Golden Dagger.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Askew
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781529327441
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-2744-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
• Series: DI Birch
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Crime, Edinburgh, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Scotland, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Crime and mystery: police procedural