First published 2025
Sajid Khan watches police swarm through Heathrow Airport moments before they drag him away in handcuffs. The American presidential election looms just days ahead. His daughter Aliyah has disappeared somewhere in the United States after a suicide bomber killed dozens at a Los Angeles shopping center. Intelligence services believe she plans a second attack on American territory. Then Carrie arrives at his London home after traveling from across the globe. She carries devastating news that Aliyah journeys with her own vanished son. Carrie knows where to find them. She refuses to accept the official story and persuades Sajid that only they can save their children. The two parents leave their ordinary existence behind and run from government agents. They cross borders while time runs out, hunting their kids and seeking the real story behind the bombing. Their children face an unimaginable global catastrophe unless they succeed.
Genres: suspense, contemporary, adult-fiction, thriller, mystery-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, high-stakes, suspenseful, tense, urgent
Tropes: found-family, on-the-run, race-against-time, unreliable-authorities
Setting: Heathrow Airport, Los Angeles, United States, United Kingdom
Period: American Presidential Election
512 pages · Paperback · Vintage
Content warnings: death, violence