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    TICKER tock BOOM
    TICKER tock BOOM
    TICKER tock BOOM
    Ebook55 pages46 minutes

    TICKER tock BOOM

    By Saeed Burki

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    A short story of 2 friends, a freelance computer technician moonlighting as a hacker and an ex-employee stock analyst, stumble into a plot by a shadowy company, to profit from an explosion at a local chemical plant. Meanwhile 2 city detectives discover the plot with mere hours to go and race to prevent the explosion, save the 2 friends now being held captive and apprehend the criminals within the time limit.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSaeed Burki
    Release dateApr 16, 2016
    ISBN9781311474858
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