**From a *New York Timesβ*bestselling author: A new kind of phone awakens the dead in this technological horror novel "reminiscent of Koontz at his best" (*Booklist*).** Ever since his life was shattered by the kidnapping and murder of his young daughter, Peter Russell has become a ghost of a
Dead Line
β Scribed by Stella Rimington
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Alfred A. Knopf
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1299010652
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Here is the fourth installment in Stella Rimington's series of thrilling novels that have at their center MI5 officer Liz Carlyle.
As plans get under way for a Middle East peace conference at the Gleneagles resort in Scotland, alarming information comes to MI5 from a high-ranking Syrian source: two individuals are mounting an operation to violently disrupt the conference and lay the blame on Syria. No one knows who they are, exactly what they're planning or if they're working independently or being controlled by an unseen foreign hand. But given the stature of the conference attendees--heads of state from the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iran--no chances can be taken.
Initially, the leads look promising, but as the conference deadline draws closer and the clues lead Liz to one seeming dead end after another, she begins to understand that the threat is far greater than she or anyone else has imagined. Her most reliable tool...
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