Three Hours
In a rural English village in the middle of a snowstorm, the unthinkable happens: the school is under siege.
From the brave, wounded headmaster barricaded in the library, to teenage Hannah in love for the first time, to the pregnant police psychologist who must identify the gunmen, to the terrified 8-year-old Syrian refugee, to the kids trapped in the school theatre still rehearsing Macbeth, all must find the courage to stand up to evil and try to save the people they love . .
This book was so gripping, I had to keep reading until the end.
Somewhere I read only in America have children killed children. School shootings in the UK have been adults doing the killing. In an ideal world no one would be going around killing anyone just because they don't agree with their beliefs.
It is hard to believe that today schools have plans in place for lock downs, the first I have heard that this happens in schools in the UK. Scary times.
The writing was very good, the scene was well set and the tension built.
The characters were well fleshed out and believable and there were flash backs to describe the situation of Rafi and his brother Basi, who escaped Alleppo and then find themselves in another nightmare situation.
Real life situations and people are part of the story, social media also plays a part and not always for the right reasons. Some people should not be allowed to post on Twitter.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC copy in return for an honest review.