The Whistleblower (eBook)

The explosive thriller from Britain's top political journalist

Robert Peston (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
400 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
978-1-83877-527-8 (ISBN)

Infos

THE HUNT FOR A KILLER LEADS ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP...'Brilliant' - THE TIMES'Cracking' - DAILY MAIL 'Winning' - SUNDAY TIMES'A hell of a read' - OBSERVER'Enthralling' - FINANCIAL TIMES 'Enjoyable, intelligent' - GUARDIAN'A romping thriller' - INDEPENDENT'A rollicking read' - EVENING STANDARD'A gripping thriller' - DAILY EXPRESS'Fascinating' - DAILY MIRROR'Gripping' - RADIO TIMES 'Compelling' - THE SUNTHE BIGGEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR FROM BRITAIN'S TOP POLITICAL JOURNALIST, ROBERT PESTON.________________________1997. A desperate government clings to power; a hungry opposition will do anything to win. And journalist Gil Peck watches from the sidelines, a respected commentator on the sport of power politics. He thinks he knows how things work. He thinks he knows the rules.But when Gil's estranged sister Clare dies in a hit-and-run, he begins to believe it was no accident. Clare knew some of the most sensitive secrets in government. One of them might have got her killed.As election day approaches, Gil follows the story into the dark web of interests that link politics, finance and the media. And the deeper he goes, the more he realises how wrong he has been.But power isn't sport: it's war. And if Gil doesn't stop digging, he might be the next casualty...Robert Harris' THE GHOST and Bill Clinton & James Patterson's THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER meets HOUSE OF CARDS in the most anticipated thriller of the year, THE WHISTLEBLOWER by Robert Peston.What your favourite authors are saying about THE WHISTLEBLOWER:'Exceptional' MATTHEW D'ANCONA'A genuine page-turner' - TOM BRADBY'Intelligent, elegant & thrilling' - RORY CLEMENTS'Unputdownable' - DAMIEN LEWIS'Riveting' - NICK ROBINSON'A cracking read' - ED BALLS

Autor

Robert Peston is ITV's political editor, presenter of the politics show 'Peston', founder of the education charity, Speakers for Schools (www.speakers4schools.org), and vice president of Hospice UK. He has written four critically acclaimed non-fiction books, How Do We Fix This Mess?, Who Runs Britain?, Brown's Britain and his latest, WTF?, which was described by the Financial Times as 'mandatory reading' for anyone seeking to understand Brexit, Trump and the collapse of confidence in western liberalism. For a decade until the end of 2015, he was at the BBC, as economics editor and business editor, and in the 1990s he was at the Financial Times, as political editor, financial editor and head of investigations. At the BBC he played a prominent role in exposing the causes and consequences of the credit crunch, banking crisis and Great Recession. Peston has won more than 30 awards for his journalism, including Journalist of the Year and Scoop of the Year (twice) from the Royal Television Society. The Whistleblower is his first novel. His blog is itv.com/robertpeston, on Facebook he is facebook.com/pestonITV and he is @peston on Twitter.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.9.2021
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: 1997 • BBC • Bill Clinton • charles cummings • conspiracy • conspiracy thrillers • dad christmas • David Baldacci • Deep State • Espionage • Frank Gardner • Frederick Forsyth • gift for dad • House of Cards • house of cards espionage legal thriller john grisham scoop conspiracy thrillers • I Am Pilgrim • Ian Rankin • iTV • james patterson and bill clinton • John Grisham • Knife Edge • Labour • le Carre • legal thriller • News • Pesto • Peston • Political Journalism • political thriller • Politics • Robert Harris • robert harris charles cummings steve cavanagh saving faith david baldacci gift for dad • Sam Bourne • saving faith • SCOOP • Secret Santa • secret santa book • Secret Service • secret service Labour 1997 Tony Blair Pesto politics political journalism news BBC • Simon Mayo • spy thriler • Steve Cavanagh • succession • succession dad christmas top thrillers 2021 political thriller sam bourne frederick forsyth • The Ghost • the ghost knife edge simon mayo Ian Rankin spy thriller deep state i am pilgrim le carre • The President Is Missing • Tom Bradby • tom bradby ITV frank gardner the president is missing bill clinton james patterson • Tony Blair • top thrillers 2020
• ISBN-10: 1-83877-527-7 / 1838775277
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83877-527-8 / 9781838775278