Title: Close range
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.
Subjects: Soccer players, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Fathers and sons, Diamonds, Child and youth fiction
Places: Milan (Italy)