A journalist is forced to sex up a story to save his career, only to find he has put a teenager's life in danger
About to be sacked as part of a corporate cost-cutting exercise, journalist Jason Crowthorne stumbles on the scoop that could save him.
Teenage footballer Liam Glass lies in a coma after a mugging. Jason has heard rumours that the boy's secret father is a celebrity international player, but however much he digs he can't prove it.
He's approached by dubious football agent Tony Potts. Potts represents a star player who wants to counter social media rumours that he's gay. He offers to make Jason and Liam's mother very rich if they name him as the love-rat father.
All it takes is a little lie...
But that lie will put Liam Glass's life at risk.
Packed with twists and turns, this sparkling debut thriller novel from a prize-winning film director takes us on a rollercoaster ride through modern Britain, with dark comedy and suspense, peopled by unscrupulous detectives, powerful celebrities, hapless politicians and angry Londoners - all led by an unlikely hero who doesn't know when to give up.
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★★★★★ 'One of the tensest books I've read in some time, ' Robert Parker, Crime Reviews
★★★★★ 'Utterly gripping, darkly realistic and endlessly entertaining, ' Liz Barnsley, Latest Reads
★★★★★ 'Scabrously funny, full of venom, ' David Prestidge, Between the Covers
Nominated for the Eyelands International Novel Awards
Nominated for the Wishing Shelf Book Awards
Amazon bestseller
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