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This is a real high-concept thriller in the making and I’m told the pseudonym of a journalist writing for the Guardian. Extremism, dead bodies, coded and cryptic messages, kidnap and perhaps even a religious conspiracy provide for a brilliantly plotted serial-killer thriller. Once you’re hooked, and it won’t take long, you’ll find it both breathtaking and unputdownable.
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Synopsis
A pimp is found dead in a rough New York neighbourhood. A far-right extremist is fatally shot at his remote log cabin outside Seattle. An eighteen-year-old computer hacker is murdered on his way home from working at a call centre in India. One thing unites these victims. All had, at some point in their largely wasted and grubby lives, performed an act of exceptional goodness. Someone is murdering good people. Why?
For rookie journalist Will Monroe, in his first week on the crime beat for the New York Times, the story is a gift, the launch pad for a glittering career. But then his wife Beth is kidnapped, and the riddle becomes personal.
When he starts receiving cryptic messages from the kidnappers, who warn him not to involve the police, Will realizes he needs serious help. The rebellious ex-girlfriend he hasn't seen for five years might be the person Will least wants to see right now, but he knows that if anyone can break the kidnappers' code, it's her. And if TC can help save Beth then he has no alternative but to beg for her help. But as Will and TC piece together the clues, it becomes apparent that the kidnappers are motivated by a far higher calling than simple greed...
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‘The best thriller I’ve read in years’ Piers Morgan
About the Author
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Sam Bourne is a pseudonym for Jonathan Freedland, an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. He writes a weekly column in the Guardian, as well as a monthly piece for the Jewish Chronicle. He also presents BBC Radio 4’s contemporary history series, The Long View.
His has previously written two books of non fiction. ‘Jacob’s Gift’ is a memoir telling the stories of three generations of his own family as well as exploring wider and urgent questions of identity and belonging. ‘Bring Home the Revolution: the Case for a British Republic’, was both acclaimed and controversial – arguing that Britain was in dire need of a constitutional and cultural overhaul, one that could learn much from America. It was later adapted into a TV series for BBC Two. More recently, Jonathan has fronted The Talk Show on BBC 4 as well as several programmes for Channel 4 – including a debate on the legacy of the Second World War.
Before 1997, Jonathan served for four years as the Guardian’s Washington Correspondent and the US remains an area of specialist interest – along with the politics of Britain and the Middle East. He has written often for a variety of US publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Newsweek.
In the annual What the Papers Say awards of 2002 Jonathan Freedland was named Columnist of the Year and praised for his ‘incisive, original, strong and very outspoken views’. He lives in London with his wife and their two children and ‘The Righteous Men’ is his first novel.
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Mystery - Thriller
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