A Time to Lie - Simon Berthon

An explosive, fast-paced espionage thriller for fans of Frank Gardner and Mick Herron.‘Dark and twisted, A Time to Lie is a tense and timely novel’ Adam HamdyA divisive prime minister. A long-buried body. A plot to bring him down…The bigger the secret the more dangerous it is to lie…On the morning of the Tory Party conference, the bones of a young woman’s hand are discovered in a London building site.Jed Fowkes, Special Adviser at the Treasury, confronts Prime Minister Robin Sandford with a terrible accusation. He claims the hand belongs to someone they once knew well: a young woman whom Sandford murdered years ago.With his career on the brink of ruin, the Prime Minister’s only hope is to enlist the unofficial help of MI5. A decision which leads him into a new world of espionage, illegal trafficking and murder.And the deeper he goes, the more treacherous the game becomes. Because now it’s not just his life on the line; it’s the future of the state itself…‘A pulse-pounding thrill-ride that hooked me from the chilling opening, A Time To Lie delivers on every, explosive level’ Chris Whitaker‘Dark and twisted, A Time To Lie is a tense and timely novel’ Adam HamdyPerfect for fans of TM Logan, Ruth Ware and Matthew Hart.