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London is under siege. Nine men in suicide vests primed to explode hold hostages in nine different locations around the city, and are ready to die for their cause. Their mission: to force the government to release jihadist prisoners from Belmarsh Prison. Their deadline: 6pm today. But the bombers are cleanskins, terrorists with no obvious link to any group, and who do not appear on any anti-terror watch list. What has brought them together on this...
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As a teenager, Sarah D'Villez famously escaped a man who abducted and held her hostage for 11 days. The case became notorious, with Sarah's face splashed across the front of every newspaper in the country. 17 years later, Sarah's attempt to build a normal life for herself in London has failed. When she hears of her kidnapper's impending release from prison, fearful of the media storm that is sure to follow, she decides to flee to rural Wales under...
3) Hope to die
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Detective Alex Cross is in a state of despair. Thierry Mulch, a psychotic genius and ruthless killer, is holding Cross's family hostage. Driven by hatred and a thirst for revenge, Mulch is threatening to kill them all, and break Cross forever. But Cross is fighting back, aided by his foster daughter Ava, who has recently returned to the fold after a chance encounter with Cross on the mean streets of town. He follows the leads wherever they take him,...