An unexplained murder, the kidnapping of his own baby grandson, and a series of shootings challenge Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, whose commonsensical approach to detective work is questioned by his own son-in-law
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George Gideon, the gruff, imposing, near-legendary commander of New Scotland Yard (Gideon's Force, Gideon's Law, faces the most harrowing 24 hours of his career in this top-rate police procedural. With the stalking of a young shopkeeper by her mother's killer, snipers on the loose, and a volatile situation between two extreme political factions threatening to erupt into a full-scale civil war, Gideon already has his hands full. But then his newborn grandson is kidnapped, plunging the veteran policeman and the baby's fatherwho is Gideon's superiorinto a frantic search. It becomes a race against time as Gideon must stave off street violence while preventing an innocent girl's murderbut it all may be at the cost of his grandson's life. The skillful narration maintains suspense until the last page.
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