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History
The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Award is held during the Festival held in Harrogate in the United Kingdom. This festival is Europe’s biggest crime writing event. The Festival is an annual four-day event which brings together the very best in crime fiction in a series of events, interviews, and panel sessions. (Sourced from website.)
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The Chain
Sydney
:
Hachette Australia
,
2019
15937205
2019
single work
novel
thriller
'VICTIM. KIDNAPPER. CRIMINAL. You will become each one. You are now part of the chain. Don't break the chain.
'THE ONLY WAY TO GET YOUR CHILD BACK IS TO KIDNAP ANOTHER.
'Listen carefully ...
Your child has been kidnapped.
You must abduct someone else's child to save your own.
Disobey. Break the rules. Go to the cops. Your child will die.
Your victim's parents must kidnap another child before yours is released.
You are now part of the chain.'#DONTBREAKTHECHAIN'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
