'A terrific future-shock thriller' LEE CHILD. What if the person you're ordered to kill Is the woman you want to protect? Michael North, assassin and spy-for-hire, is very good at killing bad guys. But what happens when his shadowy bosses at the dark heart of the British government order him to kill a good woman instead? Rising political star, Honor Jones, MP, has started asking dangerous questions about the men running her country. The trouble is, she doesn't know when to stop. And, now that he's met her, neither does North... 'A gritty, action-packed page-turner' ANDY MCNAB. 'New thriller writers come and go. I suspect this lady will stick around' FREDERICK FORSYTH. 'Thought-provoking, pacy and thrilling' SUNDAY MIRROR. 'Fast-paced and packed with action... A series hero to watch' MICK HERRON. 'Gripping and twisty' INDIA KNIGHT. 'Grabs you from page one and won't let you go... Action-packed from start to finish - but with tenderness and great characterisation too. Fast, sharply written, clever and intense' JEREMY VINE, BBC2. 'A high-octane plot that centres around the dark heart of British political power. A great debut' SUNDAY TIMES.

Intelligent, action-packed conspiracy thriller set in post-Brexit Britain. The action of Lee Child, the ideas of Dan Brown, the characters of Mick Herron.

About the Author
Judith O'Reilly is the author of Wife in the North, a top-three Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. It was based on Judith's eponymous blog which was named as one of the top 100 blogs in the world by the Sunday Times, and credited with kicking off the popularity of domestic blogging in the UK. Judith is a former political producer with BBC 2's Newsnight and ITN's Channel 4 News, and, when she isn't writing novels, she writes for the Sunday Times, has acted as a strategic communications adviser for both government and business.

Reviews
A terrific future-shock thriller full of pace, tension, character, and emotion -- Lee Child
A gritty, action-packed, page-turner -- Andy McNab
New thriller writers come and go. I suspect this lady will stick around -- Frederick Forsyth
Thought-provoking, pacy and thrilling * Sunday Mirror *
A high-octane plot that centres around the dark heart of British political power. A great debut * Sunday Times *
Grabs you from page one and won't let you go... Action-packed from start to finish - but with tenderness and great characterisation too. Fast, sharplywritten, clever and intense' -- Jeremy Vine, BBC2
Fast-paced and packed with action... A series hero to watch' -- Mick Herron
Gripping and twisty -- India Knight
[An] intelligent, action-packed conspiracy thriller * The Bookseller. *
Highly promising... There are a considerable number of surprise endings to chapters' * Crime Review. *



Book Information
ISBN 9781789542684
Author Jude O'Reilly
Format Hardback
Page Count 496
Imprint Head of Zeus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC