- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press; Airports / Ireland / Export and Waterstones ed edition (27 May 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0593062876
- ISBN-13: 978-0593062876
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 2.5 x 23.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 785,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Muscular stuff that provides all the tough and authentic storytelling that is Simon Kernick's speciality' -- Good Book Guide, April 2010
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The new race-against-time bestseller from the British Harlan Coben.
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111 of 117 people found the following review helpful
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I made the mistake of starting this book on a week-end. Mistake because i could not put the book down and my week-end went out of the window. I read a few of Simon Kernick's novels, but this one in my humble opinion is the best of the lot.
The book starts slowly and draws you in until you are just hooked.
The main characters are Sean Egan an undercover cop and DI Tina Boyd. Egan's job is to infiltrate a top london gang and Boyd's job is to bring a serial killer to justice. Cleverly Mr Kernick intertwines both characters till you think we have reached a very satisfying result. However Mr Kernick keeps us glued to our chairs for another chapter and sadly the book ends.
All i can say is that hopefully Mr Kernick will bring back Egan and Boyd in a future novel as together they will make an incredible team.
The book starts slowly and draws you in until you are just hooked.
The main characters are Sean Egan an undercover cop and DI Tina Boyd. Egan's job is to infiltrate a top london gang and Boyd's job is to bring a serial killer to justice. Cleverly Mr Kernick intertwines both characters till you think we have reached a very satisfying result. However Mr Kernick keeps us glued to our chairs for another chapter and sadly the book ends.
All i can say is that hopefully Mr Kernick will bring back Egan and Boyd in a future novel as together they will make an incredible team.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Simon Kernick's books always hook you from the first line to the last and `The Last 10 Seconds' is no exception. I would put it up there as my favourite Kernick book alongside `The Crime Trade'. You get two perspectives as a complex series of crimes is unravelled & from two cops who are both anti-heroes, Tina Boyd and Sean Egan. Neither plays by the rule book, and both have a personal need for revenge. Kernick likes a good anti-hero but for me Undercover Cop Egan was his best yet and I hope he returns in another book. The story is really all about Boyd and Egan, who both admit they are `too alike' by the end, but the central crime plot is also strong - a serial killer's crimes are used to mask a murder that connects the Government, corrupt policeman and murderous underworld gangs. All is revealed at great pace - roll on the next Kernick adaventure.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I thought I'd already reviewed this book but my previous review seems to have disappeared into cyberspace!
The tale is based around undercover cop Sean Egan and DI Tina Boyd and set in London.
The two separate story lines are skillfully joined and brought successfully together as the narrative unfolds.
As always with Simon's books, this engrossing tale gripped from the start.
The author has honed his exceptional writing skills with each new novel and manages to captivate his readers from the very start providing convincing thrillers each time.
Excellent characters and a gripping story ensure a thoroughly entertaining roller coaster of a read.
I highly recommend this book and once you've been enthralled by this try The Payback - it's brilliant as well!
The tale is based around undercover cop Sean Egan and DI Tina Boyd and set in London.
The two separate story lines are skillfully joined and brought successfully together as the narrative unfolds.
As always with Simon's books, this engrossing tale gripped from the start.
The author has honed his exceptional writing skills with each new novel and manages to captivate his readers from the very start providing convincing thrillers each time.
Excellent characters and a gripping story ensure a thoroughly entertaining roller coaster of a read.
I highly recommend this book and once you've been enthralled by this try The Payback - it's brilliant as well!
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another good read
Tihs is another good read by simon kernick,this guy does not write a bad book.Another crime thriller with DI tina boyd and an undercover cop sean egan,this has mutiple murders and... Read more
Published 6 days ago by oldginger ebbw vale
The Last 10 Seconds
This book is really good - read it in 2 days as I could not put it down. Lots and twists and turns which is always a good thing. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Karen Gooderham
A Very Interesting Read!!
This book had me reading up till late because it was too good to be put down. The changes from 1st person to 3rd person is also a very good technique to draw in the reader and the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Simon Barnes
Exciting
I have been a fan of mysteries and of exciting thrillers for ever and I am always looking for an author that can top all that I have read in the past. Mr. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Toni Osborne
Great and Gritty read
I loved this book which, without revealing too much, propels the two main characters and their perspectives into the lives of a serial killer and some hard core criminals. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ms. J. A. Freeman
Absorbing Page Turner Which Most Will Enjoy
This is the first of Simon Kernick's books I have read and I was impressed. There is certainly no let up in the action and the book moves at such a frenetic pace that the reader... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Brett H
The Last 10 Seconds
A proper page turner with loads of twists. The first Kernick novel I have read (I think). It begins with an undercover police officer, Sean Egan, laying in a room of dead bodies... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ady
not to be missed
It is a book that you can't put down and at the same time makes the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. Read more
Published 6 months ago by ChrisP
Thrilling read
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. We're introduced to the main characters who are involved in two different story lines. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Marg
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I have read many Kernick novels and enjoyed them all. This is by far my favourite and probably his best so far. Read more
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