24 Hours

In an unsuspecting San Francisco neighbourhood, the lives of a community are turned upside down in this gripping suspense from billion copy bestselling author, Danielle Steel.

Agnes Barclay is a successful businesswoman, but her marriage to an unfaithful man has worn her down. In the run-up to Thanksgiving celebrations, she is shopping in a bustling supermarket in the Marina District while reflecting on what it means to share precious moments with those she holds dear.

While in the same store, Sofia Stone has found out life-altering news and is finding hope hard to find. Helen Adams, a young mother and heavily pregnant, is out buying food for her family. An elderly couple, Horace and Eileen, is gifted the reprieve of successful treatment of Horace's illness and, after a lifetime of love, they are stopping by the store on the way home from the hospital.

When violence erupts moments after four armed men enter the supermarket, the next twenty-four hours will become a life-altering experience for these strangers brought together that none of them will ever forget.