in Scheherazade's, an up-maret department store in !a"hdad, the first reaction of the #ra$i authorities is to treat it as a norma% act of terrorism and hand it over to Captain &%%awi of the #ra$i 'ationa% (o%ice) *owever, whi%e routine%y inspectin" the video foota"e from the store's security cameras, a sharp-eyed, youn" po%ice officer notices that the suicide bomber is not a%% that he maes himse%f out to be and this %eads the investi"ation down a path that no-one had ever considered possib%e before) +he conse$uences of this new form of terrorism are horrific) +hen, over a short space of time, si, other crimes invo%vin" suicide bombers occur that are ine,p%icab%e un%ess thy are seen in the same %i"ht as the !a"hdad bombin") +his %eads the po%ice forces of si, other cities- .arsei%%e, /ssen, !e%fast, 'ew 0or, 1ondon and 1os !o%iches wor to"ether under the umbre%%a of #nterpo% to put an end to this new crimina% "an") & twist comes when the po%ice rea%ise that there are severa% motives for the suicide bombin"s, but because the perpetrators are unpredictab%e, it maes apprehendin" them impossib%e) +heir on%y viab%e tactic is to concentrate on the source of the bombers themse%ves, a%thou"h they obvious%y a%% die in the raids) +he case starts to %oo hope%ess) Despite numerous breas-throu"h, the combined po%ice forces, %oose%y headed by Captain &%%awi, fai% to mae any serious headway, so they as the Chinese "overnment for the assistance of their #nternet e,perts, because they are wide%y be%ieved to be the best in the wor%d) +he Chinese, with some he%p from the 1atvian and &r"entine authorities, trace the "an"'s probab%e head$uarters to 'West /n"%and', but when their !ritish counterparts e,amine the data, they pinpoint it to West Wa%es) +he S&S is ca%%ed in from *ereford, when it is rea%ised that e,-mi%itary personne% are probab%y invo%ved in the bombin"s because of the sty%e, the p%annin" and the precision of the attacs) +he S&S soon narrow their operations down to a %one%y farmhouse %ocated outside St) David's in (embroe, southwest Wa%es) +his sets the scene for the fina% batt%e to stamp out the %eadership of the "an") 'Dead Centre' is a fast-paced action thri%%er that wi%% eep you "uessin" unti% the end) +he story taes p%ace in nine countries and dozens of cities) *owever, as the sayin" "oes, when the S&S are ca%%ed in, you now it's "ettin" serious2 Dead Centre the %atest action nove% by the author Owen Jones