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Fiction, Crime & mystery
Prize-winning crime author Steve Hamilton's hugely commercial mainstream breakout tells the extraordinary story of a safe-cracker trying to unlock the key to his past.
Unable to speak after surviving the terrible incident that took his parents, school becomes a nightmare, until Michael discovers he has a special talent that makes people sit up and take notice: he can open locks.
But a teenage prank burglarising the house of a rival school's quarterback lands him in hot water and despite his best intentions, Michael soon finds himself on a downward slope that ends with expert instruction on how to open safes. And unless he agrees to put his newfound skills to use, the mob are going to kill the father of the girl he now loves.
So begins an extraordinary life of crime - at once terrifying and exhilarating - while all the while, Michael plots how to turn the tables on his employer, win back Amelia and find the key to unlocking his traumatic childhood memories.
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