Synopsis
Summer 2005, London. The city swelters in unusual heat, and the Tube is packed beyond its limits. A sense of danger is in the air; the red alert is on for al-Qaeda terrorists. So, when a young woman falls to her death in front of a rush hour train, panic spreads rapidly. At first it looks like an accident. Until they lift the body, and see the knife. Ex-SAS man Andy Brewster, invalided home from a spell in Baghdad, works undercover for the Metropolitan police with his bomb expert partner, Burgess. A second murder follows within days, another woman waiting for a train. Both had contented private lives; both were last seen talking on their phones. Again, the CCTV cameras fail to pick up. After the July 7th bombs, the terrorist fear accelerates. Beth Hardy who runs a gourmet food-shop; her daughter, Imogen, a dancer; sad Celeste, with a terrible secret; Aisha, from the Whitechapel Road, breaking away from the family traditions; Ellie, a tourist from Wisconsin marooned in London; recently widowed Margaret, are all regular travellers on the Circle Line and thus potential victims. Brewster and Burgess find themselves in a race against time...
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About the Author
Carol Smith worked in the book world in many different jobs before setting up her own literary agency which specialised in finding and nurturing new talent. After having her first three novels published, she took the plunge and quit the day job. She has worked ever since as a full-time novelist, producing a book every year. She lives in Kensington, West London, and shares an Edwardian mansion block flat with a pair of opinionated Burmese cats, Amadeus and Orlando.
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