Close range
By: Nick Hale
Series: Striker -- 2; Striker
Publisher: Egmont
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781405249645
Subjects: Soccer players; Juvenile fiction; Fiction; Fathers and sons; Diamonds
Description: Jake Bastin is in Milan, Italy, for an international soccer tournament. His dad will be the television commentator, but Jake suspects this is a front. He is sure his dad is there on MI6 business. Jake would like to get close to the action, but he is stuck at a photo shoot for a priceless South African diamond. When a massive diamond heist takes place and brutal assassinations follow, Jake finds himself playing centre forward in another international scandal, but this time it's personal.