One Breath Away
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- 4,99 €
Publisher Description
‘He has a gun.’
‘Who? Tell me, where are you? Who has a gun?’
‘I love you, Mum.’
An ordinary school day in March, snowflakes falling, classroom freezing, kids squealing with delight, locker-doors slamming. Then the shooting started. No-one dared take one breath…
He’s holding a gun to your child’s head. One wrong answer and he says he’ll shoot.
This morning you waved goodbye to your child. What would you have said if you’d known it might be the last time?
Praise for Heather Gudenkauf
'A great thriller, probably the kind of book a lot of people would chose to read on their sun loungers. It will appeal to fans of Jodi Picoult' – Radio Times
'Deeply moving and exquisitely lyrical, this is a powerhouse of a debut novel' – Tess Gerritsen
'Beautifully written, compassionately told, and relentlessly suspenseful' - Diane Chamberlain
About the author
Heather Gudenkauf is the critically acclaimed author of several novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Weight of Silence, The Overnight Guest and Everyone Is Watching. She lives in Iowa with her husband and children.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
As Edgar-finalist Gudenkauf's chilling third suspense novel opens, elementary school children and their teachers in Broken Branch, Iowa, are anxiously awaiting the dismissal that will herald the beginning of their spring vacation. Suddenly, the voice of the school secretary comes over the intercom: "Teachers, this is a Code Red Lockdown. Go to your safe place." A gunman has entered the school. The police rush to the scene, followed by anxious parents, while teachers deal with distraught children. Veteran teacher Evelyn Oliver must contend with the gunman himself, who holds her third graders hostage, doing all she can to protect her students. Eighth-grader Augie Thwaite bravely does her bit in an effort to rescue her little brother, P.J., a captive in Mrs. Oliver's classroom. Gudenkauf (These Hidden Things) uses multiple viewpoints to keep the tension high and the reader glued to the pages.
