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The brilliant page-turning thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard & Judy pick The Holiday and The Catch.

What if a single 29 second phone-call could change your life forever?

'Give me one name. One person. And I will make them disappear . . .'

When Sarah rescues a young girl in trouble, she expects nothing in return. But her act of bravery puts a powerful and dangerous man in her debt. He lives by his own brutal code, and all debts must be repaid - in the only way he knows how.

He offers Sarah a way to solve a desperate situation with her intolerable boss. A once-in-a-lifetime deal that will make all her problems disappear.

No consequences. No comeback. No chance of being found out.

All it takes is a 29 second phone call.

BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A NAME TO GIVE. DON'T THEY?

'Amazing!The feeling of powerlessness builds almost unbearably. Prepare for gnashing of teeth and nail biting till the bitter end' Liz Lawler, bestselling author of DON'T WAKE UP

'A first-class thriller, every bit as good as Lies' Simon Lelic, author of THE HOUSE

'A moral dilemma + a pacy plot = one gripping thriller. I stayed up far too late reading this one!' Louise Jenson

'An impactful, topical thriller with a plot that provokes emotion whilst keeping you guessing. TM Logan will welcome a new army of fans with his brilliant second book' Phoebe Morgan, author of THE DOLL HOUSE.

More praise for T. M. Logan, the master of the everyman thriller

'Assured, compelling, and hypnotically readable - with a twist at the end I guarantee you won't see coming' Lee Child

'A tense and gripping thriller' B A Paris, bestselling author of BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

'So gripping I genuinely found it hard to put down' KL Slater, bestselling author of BLINK

'A compelling, twisty page-turner, and that's the truth' James Swallow, bestselling author of NOMAD

**PRE ORDER T.M. LOGAN'S INCREDIBLE NEW THRILLER THE CURFEW NOW!**

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25 January 2018
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Praise for 29 Seconds:

"Logan spins out suspense to the final pages in this timely #MeToo thriller." --Booklist

Praise for Lies:

"Assured, compelling, and hypnotically readable--with a twist at the end I guarantee you won't see coming." --Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Line

"A tense and gripping thriller." --B.A. Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors

"Just when you think things can't possibly get worse...they do. And then some. Lies is positively riveting, from the captivating first scene to the shocking twist at the end."
--Sandra Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red

"A tense suspense thriller with a surprising and satisfying ending, a whodunit of the best kind as it twists and turns...Lies will keep you guessing until the very end." --Shelf Awareness

Logan's debut races readers through a fast-moving joyride of nerve-wracking suspense and intrigue that will challenge and surprise even the most devout enthusiasts of psychological thrillers.--Library Journal

"Gripping...full of unexpected twists and turns, this psychological thriller will leave readers eager for Logan's next book."--Publishers Weekly

"British journalist Logan's first foray into crime fiction is an adrenaline-fueled page-turner that explores the fragility of domestic bliss."--Kirkus Reviews

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A dangerous offer. A terrible choice. What would it take to make YOU a killer ...? --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071X6WZ2T
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zaffre (25 January 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6397 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 434 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1785770802

Best Sellers Rank: 15,626 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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TM Logan's thrillers have sold more than a million copies in the UK and been translated into 22 other languages for publication around the world.

His brand new novel, THE CURFEW, follows the events of a hot midsummer's night, when five teenagers go up to the woods to celebrate the end of exams, and only four come out...

THE HOLIDAY was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and spent ten weeks in the Sunday Times paperback top ten. It has since won a Nielsen Bestseller Award and been made into a four-part TV drama with Jill Halfpenny for Channel 5.

Tim's 2021 thriller, TRUST ME, begins when a woman is asked to look after a stranger's baby on a train – only for the mother to vanish. When she looks in the baby’s things, she finds a note that says: ‘Please protect Mia. Don’t trust the police. Don’t trust anyone.’ His other books are THE CATCH, LIES and 29 SECONDS.

A former national newspaper journalist, Tim lives in Nottinghamshire with his family and writes in a cabin at the bottom of his garden.

For exclusive writing, new releases and a FREE deleted scene from Tim, sign up to the Readers’ Club: www.TMLogan.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @TMLoganAuthor, find him on Facebook at /TMLoganAuthor, on Instagram @TMLoganAuthor

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Will

Not a Gripping Thriller

Reviewed in Australia on 16 July 2021

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The premise is very interesting but unfortunately the book doesn't deliver. The main character is remarkably naive for an adult and an academic, bordering on stupid. Her husband is shacked up with another woman but she repeatedly messages him asking when he's coming home. No arguments over his desertion of herself and their children, which makes her sound quite pathetic. When she's trapped in the house with the antagonist she is internally wondering if her father and friend heard her yell the code phrase over tge phone, notwithstanding the fact that she made an alternative arrangement with someone else.
Unfortunately there are many similar holes in the story. I found the main character annoying and frustrating. The long internal monologues were tedious.
The book had a lot of potential but did not quite deliver

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Kerry hall

Great book

Reviewed in Australia on 15 September 2018

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Interesting reading from start to finish. Hard to put down, and the story certainly gave food for thought, it could definitely all be true.

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29 Seconds

Reviewed in Australia on 4 November 2019

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Good story although the end was ever so slightly disappointing. I look forward to T M Logan’s next published book.

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Sherryl Mourad

29. Seconds

Reviewed in Australia on 10 April 2018

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Couldn't put this book down .
I found it very exciting to the last page. I find. This author really good!

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Colin Stone

Very memorable

Reviewed in Australia on 17 January 2020

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What a great book, I couldn’t put it down from when I started reading

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Deeply and viscerally satisfying tale of #MeToo

Reviewed in Australia on 10 September 2019

The premise behind 29 Seconds is the presentation of a moral conundrum to someone stuck between a rock and a hard place. You have the chance to get out of it - but only by doing something deeply unethical. Something which is way over-the-top over-reacting. The catch? No catch. You’ll never be found out. No consequences. Only conscience.

Would you?

Pushed to the limits by a sexually harassing professor with total power over her career and her future, historian Dr. Sarah Haywood is at the end of her rope when a good deed done without expectation of reward puts a powerful man in her debt. His offer? A name. All she has to do is say a name and that person will disappear, forever.

In this age of #MeToo, this is a sobering look at what women have been facing, are still facing, the world over, day in and day out. Protected by an old boys’ network, men in positions of power put women like Sarah - by no means a doormat - through awful situations like this and leave them pushed into corners from which the only ways out are unpalatable at best.

I’d probably have made that 29-second phone call a lot earlier than Sarah did, is all I’m saying.

Things don’t pan out the way Sarah expects from there on, however, and the situation actually devolves further. I won’t spoil it, but I genuinely wondered how and even if it could possibly resolve well for her, but Sarah is nothing if not smart and set up revenge on her own terms which was utterly and totally brilliant.

The writing throughout the book is flawless, Sarah is a fantastic and relatable protagonist, and though the harassment she endures is painful to read (and must be trigger warned for) the end of the book is just deeply and viscerally satisfying in the level of poetic justice which is finally achieved.

Five stars for a timely, superbly written story I know I’ll be thinking about for a long time to come.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review via NetGalley.

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Clever and original thriller that had me on edge

Reviewed in Australia on 2 February 2018

I went into this story totally blindly, only lured by the intriguing title, and am glad that I did. 29 seconds of what? The clock is ticking .... I will try to write this review without giving anything away, since this story very much relies on its original premise and the surprises it holds in store.

Our main protagonist is Sarah, an accomplished academic in her early thirties, whose career is being thwarted by members of the “old boys club” at the university she is working at. Her boss is a sexual predator of the worst kind, lording his power over all female employees and exploiting his position to garner sexual favours. All the women know it, but unless they want to jeopardise their careers they feel powerless to do anything about it. The last woman who lodged a complaint with HR lost her job, her reputation and her sanity. Sarah, who has been hoping for a well-earned promotion, has so far successfully avoided being in that position, but lately the man has made it clear that he expects some favours from her as well. How can she say no and still keep her job? Who can she turn to when everyone is in his pocket? Something needs to be done. And sometimes help comes from the most unexpected direction ....

Logan does well to get the reader emotionally involved in the story, and I felt an intense burning anger a few pages into the book, as it becomes clear that Sarah has her back against the wall. Slowly stoking the fire with mounting injustices, the story may have been off to a bit of a slow start with its direction a bit unclear – until BAM! – there it was, the big twist that made the story both original as well as very intriguing. With my boiler already on full red alert I experienced the same gut reaction Sarah must have felt when confronted with her unusual situation. And just to make it all more interesting, there are a few ethical dilemmas along the way. Have I wetted your appetite yet? No, I will not say any more about the plot, except that the 29 seconds of the title may change Sarah’s life. 29 second of what? You will have to read it to find out. It does rely a tiny bit of the reader’s ability to suspend disbelief, but then again, we live in a strange world where strange thing happen, so who says it’s not possible?

29 Seconds may be a bit of a slow burner at the start, but don’t be fooled – this is a very clever and original thriller that will have you questioning a few ethical and moral dilemmas along the way. It took a few unexpected turns that had me on edge, wondering how it would turn out in the end – and then I was still wrong in my guesses. This is the perfect book to pick up if you want a thriller with an original premise and some clever twists!

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Kat

loved it

Reviewed in Australia on 28 April 2021

Start to finish this is a really interesting tale. I so wanted to hit someone over the head and it won't take you long to figure out who....a dispicable character....well portrayed

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Anne Duff

Repetitive.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2018

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I was incredibly disappointed with this book. I'd seen it in a bookshop at the airport and the blurb made it seem right up my street, but the queue to pay was too long for me to wait so the book has been on my wishlist ever since. Well, I've just finished reading it and it's such a let-down! Too much time devoted to Sarah's soul searching, followed by all her regret didn't add anything to the story other than to make me really annoyed with her. A large chunk of that could be edited out without losing any substance. There were a couple of interesting twists which made me think things were about to get better but they didn't have any momentum. I was actually glad to finish this book.

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Jo F.

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2018

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I loved 'Lies', found it completely unputdownable, so was keen to read more from this author. Unfortunately, I found this book a difficult read from the start, I couldn't connect with the main character and found the plot unbelievable. It went from bad to worse, so when the Russians became involved I was forced to abandon it which is unlike me. Very disappointing.

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mrsb2011

A great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 July 2018

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When Sarah saves the daughter of a Russian mobster from being abducted her only concern is that the girl is found safe, she doesn't expect the gratitude of her father who offers her the chance of making someone 'disappear' from her life if she wants it.

Sarah has a job as an academic at a university but her boss is a sexual predator and he makes it quite clear to her that unless she plays ball he will ruin her career. She believes that her talent will show through despite this odious Professor but he has made it his business to protect himself with others secrets and lies and there is no one who will stand up to him or go against him. All the female staff know exactly what he's like and they devise a set of rules when dealing with him, never be alone with him, don't encourage him, keep your distance when you can and never be with him when he's drunk as he's unpredictable and could be violent.

Naturally then when she is given an opportunity to be rid of him forever after much soul searching she makes the 29 second call to the Russians.

It does not turn out how she had hoped it would and when things go wrong she is forced to take matters into her own hands. Helped by her friend and her dad she has once last chance to free herself from Prof Lovelock for good.

Good characterisation and short sharp chapters kept up the pace and suspense. I did guess in part what would happen but it does have a couple of twists I didn't see coming. Nicely written (my first book by this author) and a good easy read well worth 4 stars and I look forward to reading more of T M Logan's work in the future.

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Michelle37

Don’t even hesitate-buy it, you’ll love it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2018

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What a blooming brilliant read this is! Sarah is ambitious, smart and having a really testing time. Then the offer to remove her biggest problem is made- and things get a lot worse for her.

The ending is really clever and very satisfying and Sarah’s Dad is fab. This is probably my favourite book so far this year.

T.M Logan’s first book was good but this second one is great and I can’t wait for his next book!

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Mr PETER T B

What could you do in 29 seconds? Waste money buying this!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 October 2020

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It's an achievement to get a novel published and a greater achievement to get a book as slight as this published. The author describes '29 Seconds' as the "Difficult second" book and that description has an adjective count higher than the typical page. Paper-thin characters, anonymous locations and splashes of uninteresting domesticity. When curt text messages are no more engaging than the rest of the dialogue, you realise quickly that this will not be a memorable read. The lead character resorts to mental hand-wringing as the story unfolds. Fortunately the novel is fast paced and the contrived plot comes to a quick end. There's much better to read out there.

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