Parallel Lines

Description

A highly commercial bank heist novel, in which eight interwoven character stories come together in one explosive encounter How far would you go to provide for your child? Adam Shaw is dying, and knows he'll leave his disabled son with nothing. His solution? Rob a bank. It's no surprise that things go wrong. What is surprising is that when another customer is accidentally shot, no one in the bank is in a hurry to hand Adam over to the police. There's the manager who's desperate to avoid an audit, the security guard with a serious grudge, and the woman who knows exactly how bad the victim really was... Eight people, twelve hours, one chance to cover up a murder. But it's not just the police they have to fool. When many lives intersect, the results can be explosive.

Steven Savile, highly respected media tie-in writer, wasnominated for the International Media Tie-In Writer'sSCRIBE Award in 2007 for Slaine: The Exile. He wasrunner-up in the British Fantasy Awards in 2000, and wonthe L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award in 2002.He has written extensively for Star Wars, Warhammer(Black Library), Doctor Who and Torchwood.

"An intricately plotted tapestry of deceit, Parallel Lines is one darkly twisted thriller." CJ Lyons, New York Times bestselling author of Blind Faith;"Savile doesn't even need to dig deep to produce material this dark, this deadly." Paul Finch, bestselling author of Stalkers;"A work of genius-a tightly plotted, edge-of-your-seat thriller." Karen Dionne, author of Boiling Point; "Puts you right in the action and then whips the floor from beneath you time and again."Boris Starling, author of Messiah;"Clever, deep and multi-layered, this is intelligent thriller writing and I loved it."Matt Hilton, author of the bestselling Joe Hunter thrillers; "Ingenious, crafty and compelling. A great entertainment with no punches pulled." Stephen Gallagher, author of The Bedlam Detective.