We’ve got your daughter.
It's evening, you're back late from work – and the house is in darkness.
You step inside, and the phone rings. You answer it - and your world turns upside down.
Your fourteen-year-old daughter's been taken, and her kidnappers demand half a million pounds in cash. They give you 48 hours to raise the money, and warn you that if you call the police, she'll die.
Trying desperately to remain calm, you realise that your husband – the man you married only two years previously – is also missing.
But he can't be involved in your daughter's abduction. Or can he?
As your nightmare begins, you can be certain of only two things: that you will do anything to get your daughter back alive - and that time is running out...
Your Reviews
23 Reviews
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Tuesday 3rd November
this is by far my and my girlfriends favourite, we started on relentless and are now working backwards, brilliant!! keep up the good work.
Thursday 15th October
This is the first book I have read from Simon Kernick and I have to say I enjoyed it so much that I am now on my third book of his. This was absolutely fantastic my boyfriend has now read it too
Wednesday 23rd September
A very good book by anyone's standards but not my favourite of Simon Kernick's - I think I prefer them from a man's perspective. My older brother really loves this book though.
Sunday 6th September
OMG SIMON KERNICK IS THE BEST! Ive just finished reading severed and now waiting for my uncle to finish relentless but maybe the book will just "disapear" all of a sudden lol! what a coincident Sue.H!
Thursday 3rd September
oooops! My previous post should have included FIVE stars......hit the submit button too early! (and we drove down from the Midlands to london today, driving through Enfield etc. I could imagine the storyline again...!)
Wednesday 2nd September
got deadline in wh smith when i pre ordered dan browns new one, only word can describe deadline !! awesome . i noticed my wife was also reading " a good day to die " she's not anymore :) ive nicked it !!! ill have it read and back before she notices its gone heheh, then its back to the start for me .
Wednesday 2nd September
Just been introduce to the works of Mr Kernick - via an audio edition of DEADLINE!
Having been moved to the Midlands for the last 20+ years it was interesting to hear the story set in my old "patch"! I could vividly capture the locations (I remember driving down some of those routes...!) And my other half is keen to read the book now, being a Spurs fan and having lived in Lordship Lane. And the story ends at Kenwood House - where "OUR" story began 30 years ago! Can't wait to read the other books!
Friday 28th August
I have to say that i completely disagree with Nico, and i would recommend deadline and severed to anyone from the age of 9 to 65+ its an amazing book that words cant explain and in my first comment i mean simon not simone
Tuesday 25th August
if people say that severed and relentless is better than deadline and i loved deadline than boy am i looking forward to reading severed!!!!!
Tuesday 25th August
read deadline and to be honest in one words this is how i would describe it...WOAH!!!! i didnt put it down and my 16 yr old uncle started reading it first and i beat him i love you simone!!!!
Tuesday 11th August
Just finished reading 'Deadline' and all i can say is WOW. What a great read it was. the story was so fast paced and riviting - i could not put it down and read it from cover to cover in just over 3 days. This is the first of Simon Kernicks books i have read, and i am certainly going to read more. Keep up the great work.
Thursday 6th August
I admit it. I am not really into thrillers anymore. I think that my interest for this genre is not as high as it was when I was 15 or 16. Too bad. However, I decided to pick this up, maybe thinking my passion for this genre would grow up one more time. Too bad it didn't happen. Deadline is Predictable. Veeeery Predictable. It has the typical Stereotyped with some absurd behaviours. Noir Cliches. In my opinion this is Dull. Sorry Mr Kernick, but I can't leave behind the feeling your book is not worth the 6.99 pounds I' ve spent. Average thriller, good to read when you are at the beach wondering what to do. Nothing more. This is not the kind of thriller I've been looking for, the one that absorbs you into the story, that twists you, the one that makes you wonder: "What Is Gonna Happen Now?". that's why I won't assign more than 2 stars, but only because of the plain and simple style which allows it to be a good pageturner. Sorry. Hope you'll post this review on your website, Nico, an italian reader.
Wednesday 29th July
this was the first book of simons i have read and its lik e a drug i just cant seem to leave it alone i have now gone onto my second book of his relentless and that is just as gripping as deadline oh man simon u are a writing legend keep up the good work
Friday 24th July
Having not been a massive book fan I finally decided to start reading. My father in law lent me a number of books, this being one of them. This is the first one I picked up and from the very first page I was hooked, having a read at every available oppurtunity. Great story, great characters, i'll definately be reading other books by Simon Kernick
Thursday 23rd July
have read all your books from relentless after it was reviewed on tv. absolutely brilliat stories that have a real fast pace and really immerse you in the story so you really feel a part of it. really looking forward to getting target and hoping to find your first four books! i wasn't really a thriller reader until i read relentless and i couldn't put it down, i was totally hooked from the first page and it's been that way for each of your books i read. simon kernick has a rare talent in being able to totally immerse you into the story. if you haven't read his books yet go and find one in your nearest bookshop and feel a part of the action! A CRACKING READ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Tuesday 21st July
Deadline was the first book by Simon Kernick I'd read, and I loved it. I hardly put it down, and read it in a very short space of time. That was a few weeks ago, since then, Ive been been working my way through Kernick's other books, and each one is a gem. I really cant recommend his books enough.
Sunday 19th July
Just read Relentless and Deadline and I am hooked what a fantastic storyteller anyone who hasn'T read any of Simon's books get to your nearest book shop you will never regret it. Thankyou Simon
Friday 17th July
I picked up this book by accident in an airport not relly knowing what it was and i must say, i was blown away i will definately be getting other books by this author, loved the book i recomend it.
Monday 29th June
This is the first Simon Kernick novel I've read
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Friday 5th February
Just finished Deadline...Simon...you cant write quick enough mate...keep up the excellent work.