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Journalist uncovers murder, political secrets, and a deadly conspiracy.

The Whistleblower

The explosive thriller from Britain's top political journalist

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  • Hardcover

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    16 November 2021

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Summary

THE HUNT FOR A KILLER

LEADS ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP…

  1. 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 secre…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781838775247
ISBN-10:1838775242
Author:Robert Peston
Publisher:Zaffre
Imprint:Zaffre
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:16 November 2021
Weight:678g
Dimensions:39mm x 165mm x 242mm
Series:Gil Peck
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The Whistleblower by Robert Peston - ISBN: 9781838775247
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Critics Review

Brilliant. Politically insightful, scary, satirical, beautifully paced and has a great cast of characters led by its narrator, Gil Peck * THE TIMES *
There’s a winning energy as the action zips around between the different elite milieux, and Gil - plainly the young(ish) Peston - is a fascinating mix of self-criticism and self-congratulation * SUNDAY TIMES *
An engaging tale of government secrets…this debut novel is a hell of a read * The Observer *
This enjoyable, intelligent thriller will be catnip for news junkies * GUARDIAN *
[A] cracking debut. This is House of Cards country, with double-dealing seen as a way of life … His dark view of the Westminster jungle is hugely refreshing * DAILY MAIL *

About The Author

Robert Peston

Robert Peston is ITV’s political editor and presenter of the politics show ‘Peston’. He is also the founder of the education charity, Speakers for Schools, 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
  • WTF? - 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, serving as economics editor and business editor. In the 1990s, he worked 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.

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