A mysterious female assassin tries to kill charismatic Senator Jack Hodges, a former general now running to become America’s next president. The attempted murder triggers a frantic race by Hodges' friends and enemies alike to discover what dark secrets might lie in the candidate’s past.
US Correspondent for The Observer & its sister paper The Guardian. Author of The Secret Keeper. His next novel, The Candidate, will be published in July, 2012.
Scarred by his experiences as a war correspondent, and the brutal death of an ex-lover, journalist Danny Kellerman travels back to West Africa to confront his demons. But, by returning to Sierra Leone, Kellerman finds a country at peace can be every bit as deadly as one tearing itself apart.