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SOMETIMES WHEN THE NIGHTMARE ENDS – THE TERROR IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, this particular nightmare began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack Morgan, owner of Private – the world’s most exclusive detective agency – saved her from a... read more

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  • Daniel Edward Carter: The head of the London Private International office and was a Sargent in the Royal Military Police stationed in Iraq.
  • Del Rio: Jack Morgan's right hand man who also served time.
  • Kirsty Fiona Webb: DI Kirsty Webb.
  • Laura Skelton: - Freshman Psychiatry student at Chancellor University
  • Sam Riddel: - Dan Carter's second in charge. Ex-cop and boxer very tough.
  • Hannah Shapiro: Add a description of this character.
  • Suzy Malone: - Ex-Metropolitan police officer. Expert in kung fu, kick boxing and marksman.
  • Chloe Wilson: - A freshman Law/Psychiatry student at Chancellor University.
  • Dan Carter: The head of London's Private International office. Previously a Military Policeman in Iraq
  • Wendy Lee: Adrian Tuttle's supervisor. Former forensic pathologist with the Metropolitan Forensic Science Service before being recruited to Private by Dan Carter.
  • Ronnie Allen: - Head of crime north of the river involving drugs, prostitution and guns.
  • Natalie James: - Natalie James is a DI in Buckinghamshire and contacted Metro Police regarding Colin Harris' missing finger and organ donation being contested.
  • Harlan Shapiro: - Hannah Shapiro's father.
  • Jack Morgan: Former Marine helicopter pilot and CIA agent who now owns Private, his father's renowned security and detective business. Self-confident and secure individual.
  • Alison Chambers: A rainmaker at the law firm of Chambers, Chambers and Mason.
  • Adrian Tuttle: Private London's forensic photographer.
  • Annabelle Weston: - A professor at Chancellor University and she called the police after discovering Chloe Wilson and Laura Skelton following the abduction of Hannah (Shapiro) Durrant.
  • Mary Angela Al-Massri: - Jesus Ferdinand's sister.
  • DI Webb: Detective Inspector Kirsty Webb of the Metropolitan Police.
  • Gary Webster: - A friend of Dan Carter's. Gary's business card says the owner of a mechanic's garage but has many more profitable endeavors but less legal.
  • Penelope Harris: - A dental surgery assistant.
  • Colin Harris: - Penelope Barrow's brother. Killed when his car which was sitting across the railroad tracks, was struck by a train. Hospital said hr was an organ donor and harvested his heart.
  • Brad Dexter: - The head of personal security formerly with the Metropolitan Police's close-protection squad.
  • Tim Graham
  • Rebecca Allen
  • Lucy: - Dan Carter's personal assistant.
  • Adriana Kisslinger: - A Romanian prostitute that was the Jane Foe victim.
  • Mark Smith: - Police Constable Mark Smith is a cop that has Chancellor University as part of his beat.
  • Brendan Ferres: - Right-hand man of Ronnie Allen.
  • Peter Chappel
  • Tim
  • Harriet Walsh: Dr Harriet (Harry) Walsh had been Wendy Lee's assistant st FSS.
  • Jane Doe: - Adriana Kisslinger
  • Sally Manzino
  • Richard Smith: - Captain Richard Smith was Dan Carter's best man, CO in Iraq, and the father of Chloe (Wilson) Smith.
  • Ashleigh Roughton: - Captain of the Chancellor U rugby team and a person of interest in the Hannah Shapiro abduction.
  • Andrew Harrington: - DSI Harrington is DI Kirsty Webb's boss.
  • Ken Harman: A Detective with the Metropolitan Police.
  • Jonathan Brown: - Dr Jonathon Brown an academic specializing in medieval hiagiography that was training for the 2012 Olympics in the one man scull discovered a dead woman floating in the Thames. She had been disemboweled.
  • CI Holland: - Chief Inspector Holland is DI James' supervisor.
  • Howard Roughan
  • Barbara Lehman: - Chloe's mother.
  • Edward Morrison
  • Jessica Shapiro: The mother of Hannah Shapiro that was murdered during their kidnapping.
  • John Ferguson: - A colleague of Dr. Alistair Lloyd at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
  • Anne Jones
  • Jesus Ferdinand: - The brother of Mary Angela Al-Massri and the son of Kareema Ferdinand an exiled Palestinian poet and political activist.
  • Ryan Williams: - The bartender at the union bar.
  • Carol
  • Alistair Lloyd: - A surgeon at Stoke Mandeville Hospital that removed Penelope Harris' brother's heart and transplanted in a recipient.
  • John Santini
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald: Author of Tender Is the Night
  • Morris
  • Bacall: Lauren Bacall - actress
  • Dr. Jonathan Brown
  • Martin Lehman
  • James Patterson: Author
  • Sponge: - Vladimir Kopchek - computer and technical expert at Private London.
  • Dr. Sarah Wilde: - The Dr. that signed Colin Harris' death certificate at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
  • Michael Ledwidge
  • Maxine Paetro
  • DI James
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First Sentence edit see section history

9 April 2003-Los Angeles, USA The day everything changed.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Introduction
Part One
Chapters 1 - 11
Part Two
Chapters 12 - 28
Part Three
Chapters 29 - 63
Part Four
Chapters 64 - 116

Glossary edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 4 of 7 in Private (International). (standard series)

Preceded by Private Games, and followed by Private Berlin.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. James Patterson (Author)
  2. Mark Pearson (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Century
Country: United States
Publication Date: June 9, 2011
ISBN: 978-1846058325
Page Count: 373

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