Keep Calm (novel)

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Keep Calm
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First edition
Author Mike Binder
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublishedFebruary 2, 2016 [1]
Publisher Henry Holt and Company [1]
Pages384 [1]
ISBN 978-1-62779-347-6

Keep Calm, a thriller set in the United Kingdom, it's the 2016 debut novel by Mike Binder. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Adam Tatum, an American ex-cop, is tricked into a plot to overthrow the British prime minister.

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