When a crazed young man, armed with a shotgun bursts into a London cafe, the lives of strangers caught up in the attack will be forever changed.
The cafe owner lies dying and hostages are taken, by the young man, who we learn is Sam, who never relinquishes his hold on his shotgun for almost the entire time he holds the group inside the cafe.
A hostage negotiator, Eliza, is tasked with communicating with Sam and getting the hostages out alive and gradually we learn more about each of the captives and Eliza herself.
This is a really thought provoking book and the characters will remain long in the reader's mind after the last page is turned, as more is learned about the people inside the cafe.
A gamut of human emotions, from anger, to sadness will affect everyone who reads this book and learns more about each hostage in turn and feels they know each and every one of them.
Nothing short of a 5 star rating can be given for the exceptional way Charity Norman wrote this amazing book.
The cafe owner lies dying and hostages are taken, by the young man, who we learn is Sam, who never relinquishes his hold on his shotgun for almost the entire time he holds the group inside the cafe.
A hostage negotiator, Eliza, is tasked with communicating with Sam and getting the hostages out alive and gradually we learn more about each of the captives and Eliza herself.
This is a really thought provoking book and the characters will remain long in the reader's mind after the last page is turned, as more is learned about the people inside the cafe.
A gamut of human emotions, from anger, to sadness will affect everyone who reads this book and learns more about each hostage in turn and feels they know each and every one of them.
Nothing short of a 5 star rating can be given for the exceptional way Charity Norman wrote this amazing book.