Severed - Hardcover

Kernick, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593054733 ISBN 13: 9780593054734

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2007

Synopsis

Straight off I knew it was going to be a bad day. The room was stifling hot; and when I did finally manage to drag open my eyes, all I could see was blood. I thought I'd stepped into the middle of a nightmare. But I was wrong. The nightmare was only just beginning. Ex-soldier Sean Tyler wakes up in an unfamiliar room next to the headless corpse of a girl he's met recently. With his memory of the previous 24 hours wiped clean, he's hardly out of bed before the he notices a note next to the TV telling him to press play on the room's DVD machine. The film shows him stabbing someone to death. Tyler is confident that the footage is fake, but will a jury see things the same way? The man on the end of the phone tells him that if he wants the evidence to disappear, he must go to an address in east London, and await further instructions. Tyler knows he must do as he is told. He also knows that the phone caller has no intention of keeping him alive. To survive he must recover the missing 24 hours of his life and find out who's setting him up before his time runs out for good. The clock is ticking...

About this title

About the Author

Simon Kernick is one of Britain’s most exciting thriller writers. He arrived on the crime writing scene with his highly acclaimed debut novel The Business of Dying, the story of a corrupt cop moonlighting as a hitman. Simon's big breakthrough came with his novel Relentless which was the biggest selling thriller of 2007. His most recent crime thrillers include Siege, Ultimatum, Stay Alive and The Final Minute. He is also the author of the bestselling three-part serial thrillers Dead Man’s Gift and One By One.

Simon talks both on and off the record to members of the Counter Terrorism Command and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, so he gets to hear first hand what actually happens in the dark and murky underbelly of UK crime.

From the Back Cover

From the moment I open my eyes, I know it s going to be a bad day. The room s stifling hot; my head feels like a dwarf on speed s dancing a jig on it, and the blood Well, the blood s everywhere.

It feels as if I ve stepped into the middle of someone else s nightmare.

But I m wrong. This is my nightmare. And it s only just beginning.



Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!
Harlan Coben

Great plots, great characters, great action. Simon Kernick might just be the best of Britain s new-wave crime writers. Lee Child

From the Inside Flap

When formersoldier Dan Tyler wakes up in a strange room on a bed covered in blood, with no idea how he got there, he thinks he s stepped into someone else s nightmare.

But he s wrong. This is reality.

The corpse beside him is Leah, a girl he s met recently. And it gets worse.

As he staggers from the bed the phone rings, and a voice tells him to press play on the room s DVD machine.The film shows Tyler killing Leah. Then he s told to go to an address in East London where he s to deliver a briefcase and await further instructions.

There s no way out. The evidence against him looks rock-solid.

Tyler s heading into terrible danger. If he s to survive the next 12 hours, he must find out who really murdered Leah and why.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593054733
• ISBN 13: 9780593054734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320