Ilona Bannister discusses her mystery novel 'Five'

from Weekend Edition Sunday · host Ryan Benk

Five strangers are waiting on a train platform. When the train arrives in five minutes, one of them will die. That's the premise of Ilona Bannister's novel, "Five." She talks to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

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