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Book Synopsis''A prescient page-turner about secrets, lies, ruthless ambition and betrayal'' SARAH VAUGHAN
''A rare view from the inside of the Machiavellian machinations for power . . . Fascinating'' HARRIET TYCE
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In their remarkable debut political thriller, Tom Watson, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and Imogen Robertson open the doors to The House, a place of ambition, hope, friendship . . . and betrayal.
Once allies, Labour MP Owen McKenna and Conservative Minister Philip Bickford now face each other across the House of Commons as bitter enemies. Then the reappearance of a figure from their past forces them to confront the choices that led to the tragic downfall of their former housemate, Jay.
Late one night, Owen receives a visit from a lobbyist who promises to protect him from the consequences of his actions in exchange for one, small favour - or to have his reputation and career utterly destroyed if he re
Trade Review
A prescient page-turner about secrets, lies, ruthless ambition and betrayal * Sarah Vaughan (author of Anatomy of a Scandal) *
A rare view from the inside of the Machiavellian machinations for power ... Fascinating * Harriet Tyce (author of Blood Orange) *
Intelligent and disturbing, both for its insights into the way politics works and for its glimpses of a post-virus future * Observer *
The depiction of the sacrifices and betrayals required by politics benefit from an insider's knowledge, and the plot driver of bullying allegations is topical and commendably unexpected * The Times *
The novel is good on Westminster's hinterland of wonks and wannabes, and what it's like to be the prey of a media feeding frenzy * The Sunday Times *
Politics red in tooth and claw. Watson and Robertson capture, with scalpel precision, the neurotic allure of the Westminster power game * Luke Jennings (author of Killing Eve) *
Few people know more about what goes on behind the political scenes than Watson, and it is all unveiled here, in a snappy, twisty page-turner * Holly Watt (author of To the Lions) *
