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To Kill the Truth
To Kill the Truth
paperback
Published:
22 August, 2019
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Description
THE NEW BLOCKBUSTER THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE EXPLOSIVE BESTSELLER TO KILL THE PRESIDENT
'Riveting'
Sunday Times, Thriller of the Month
'Propulsive'
Guardian
'Provocative'
Mail on Sunday
Someone is rewriting history . . . One death at a time.
Historians and Holocaust survivors dead in mysterious circumstances. Museums and libraries burning across the world. Digital records and irreplaceable proof, lost for ever.
Former White House operative Maggie Costello has sworn off politics. But when a newly-elected Governor seeks her help to stop the lethal spiral of killings, she knows that this is bigger than any political game. But who stands to gain most from the chaos?
A thriller for our times, To Kill the Truth takes the era of 'fake news' to its terrifying logical conclusion - with explosive results.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781787474925 |
| ISBN10 | 1787474925 |
| Number Of Pages | 464 |
| Item Weight | 320 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 196 x 36 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Quercus Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
A Day of the Jackal for these dizzying times * Ian Rankin *
Urgently topical * The Times *
A gripping thriller and a prescient warning * Sunday Times *
A propulsive plot and an appealing heroine . . . The premise is both intriguing and, in the current climate of post-truth, fake news and sour populism, grimly topical * Guardian *
Read this book * Jeffrey Archer *
Chilling . . . You think today's news is nightmarish enough? Sam Bourne's provocative thriller imagines things getting much, much worse * Mail on Sunday *
A dazzling thriller * Charles Cumming, author of The Man Between *
Bourne's writing is chillingly plausible... Read it while it's still fiction * James Swallow, author of Nomad and Exile *
A perfect fit in an era of lurid revelations and wholly implausible plots that are nevertheless real * Sunday Times *
Totally compelling * Financial Times *
House of Cards mixed with Homeland * Eli Attie, Writer/Producer, The West Wing *
A barnstorming read * Raymond Khoury, author of The End Game *
Brilliantly convincing * David Hare *
In To Kill the Truth, Maggie Costello rivetingly tackles a cabal of Holocaust and slavery deniers, whose aim is nothing less than to destroy memory
* Sunday Times, Thriller of the Month *Pacy, engaging and morally serious * Guardian *
Imaginative, intelligent and thought-provoking * The Times *
To Kill The Truth presents a frightening glimpse of where the current fake news agenda could lead * Daily Express *
GoodReads Reviews
Author's Bio
Sam Bourne is the pseudonym of award-winning journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland, who writes a weekly column for the Guardian and is the presenter of BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series, The Long View. He served for four years as the Guardian's Washington correspondent, covered the 2016 US election campaign, and is covering the 2020 campaign. He is a widely respected commentator on American affairs.
His previous seven internationally bestselling novels have sold over two million copies and been published in over thirty languages.