New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - When a planned assassination by two young terrorists is thwarted by the police, they barricade themselves with their hostages in a flat in Hampstead and it is up to Commander Alan Dice to resolve the situation. The third novel by an author who spent 14 years in the police CID. 150 pp. ISBN: 0-395275431.