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Table of Contents:
Introduction; How to Use this Book; The Five-Step Reading Process; Character Profiles; Introduction to the Story; 1. The call 2. The urgency 3. Something unexpected 4. The second call 5. The appearance 6. The missing file 7. The painting 8. The bomb 9. The bomb detector 10. Safe 11. James, the assistant 12. The frame 13. "This picture is not here by mistake" 14. The explanation 15. The mysterious call 16. The unknown number 17. The picture leaves the museum 18. The police station 19. Protected numbers 20. Father and son 21. The warehouse 22. Average 23. Fresh paint 24. Adam calls 25. What Adam knows 26. Five scenes 27. Analysing the painting 28. Trafalgar Square 29. Where will the three men in ski masks come in? 30. Convincing Turner 31. Trafalgar Square 32. The attempted robbery 33. Two arrests 34. Mr Knight 35. The return to the station 36. The interrogation room 37. The interrogation 38. Help 39. Turner knocks on the door 40. The fifth crime 41. The strategy 42. King's Cross 43. Luggage search 44. The strange substance 45. The robbery at the jewellery shop 46. The drug deal 47. The kidnapping 48. The scream 49. Peter's return 50. At the station 51. The unexpected visit 52. Turner realises 53. The red handkerchiefs 54. The suspicious person 55. The goodnight 56. Adam calls again 57. Talking with Adam 58. Steps to be taken 59. Following Turner 60. The building under construction 61. The escape 62. The getaway 63. Escaping 64. In the car 65. The secret in the painting 66. The memory card 67. The files 68. Who are the kidnappers? 69. Donnie 70. The safe 71. The kidnapper's hideout 72. The rescue 73. The return home 74. Where is the card? 75. Turner calls 76. An unexpected turn 77. The reasons 78. The weapon 79. Destroyed evidence 80. The kidnapping 81. Trapped in the office 82. Wilson leaves 83. Escaping 84. On the way to the park 85. Someone has taken Jake! 86. Peter's call 87. The reunion with Jake 88. Peter explains everything 89. The corruption network 90. The promise 91. The central office 92. Arrested 93. The memory card 94. Body to the ground 95. X-Ray's attack 96. Turner is arrested 97. An urgent call from Natalie 98. The offer 99. At the Tate 100. Adam's visit 101. James receives an invitation