Author:James Patterson,Robert G Slade
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James Patterson's BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment.
Jack Morgan is visiting Peter Knight and the team in the London branch of his investigation agency, Private.
At a cocktail party the night before the Trooping the Colour parade for the Queen's 90th birthday, Jack receives a phone call from the Duke of Aldershot saying that his daughter, Abbie, has been kidnapped. He needs Private on the case - one word to the police and Abbie will be killed.
Jack will have to find Abbie before 11:00 a.m. the next morning, or the kidnapping will turn to murder.
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