The Whistleblower
by Robert Peston
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One man's secret is another man's weapon... The ground-breaking debut thriller from the UK's foremost political journalist, ITV News' Political Editor 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.
Power isn't sport: it's war. And if Gil doesn't stop digging, he might be the next casualty.
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Author Biography
ROBERT PESTON is ITV’s political editor, presenter of the politics show ‘Peston’. He has written four critically acclaimed non-fiction books, including 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. He was economics editor and business editor at the BBC, and political editor and head of investigations at the Financial Times. He has won more than 30 awards for his journalism, including Journalist of the Year and Scoop of the Year.
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- Publisher/Imprint Bonnier Books UK / Zaffre
- Publication Date September 2021
- ISBN/Identifier 9781838775247
- Pages400
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
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