The Whistleblower
The explosive thriller from Britain's top political journalist
Published on 2. September 2021
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-1-83877-524-7 (ISBN)
Description
THE HUNT FOR A KILLER LEADS ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP...
'Brilliant' - THE TIMES
'Cracking' - DAILY MAIL
'Winning' - SUNDAY TIMES
'A hell of a read' - OBSERVER
'Enthralling' - FINANCIAL TIMES
'Enjoyable, intelligent' - GUARDIAN
'A romping thriller' - INDEPENDENT
'A rollicking read' - EVENING STANDARD
'A gripping thriller' - DAILY EXPRESS
'Fascinating' - DAILY MIRROR
'Gripping' - RADIO TIMES
'Compelling' - THE SUN
THE BIGGEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR FROM BRITAIN'S TOP POLITICAL JOURNALIST, ROBERT PESTON.
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1997. 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 secrets in government. One of them might have got her killed.
As election day approaches, Gil follows the story into the dark web of interests that link politics, finance and the media. And the deeper he goes, the more he realises how wrong he has been.
But power isn't sport: it's war. And if Gil doesn't stop digging, he might be the next casualty...
Robert Harris' THE GHOST and Bill Clinton & James Patterson's THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER meets HOUSE OF CARDS in the most anticipated thriller of the year, THE WHISTLEBLOWER by Robert Peston.
What your favourite authors are saying about THE WHISTLEBLOWER:
'Exceptional' MATTHEW D'ANCONA
'A genuine page-turner' - TOM BRADBY
'Intelligent, elegant & thrilling' - RORY CLEMENTS
'Unputdownable' - DAMIEN LEWIS
'Riveting' - NICK ROBINSON
'A cracking read' - ED BALLS
'Brilliant' - THE TIMES
'Cracking' - DAILY MAIL
'Winning' - SUNDAY TIMES
'A hell of a read' - OBSERVER
'Enthralling' - FINANCIAL TIMES
'Enjoyable, intelligent' - GUARDIAN
'A romping thriller' - INDEPENDENT
'A rollicking read' - EVENING STANDARD
'A gripping thriller' - DAILY EXPRESS
'Fascinating' - DAILY MIRROR
'Gripping' - RADIO TIMES
'Compelling' - THE SUN
THE BIGGEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR FROM BRITAIN'S TOP POLITICAL JOURNALIST, ROBERT PESTON.
________________________
1997. 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 secrets in government. One of them might have got her killed.
As election day approaches, Gil follows the story into the dark web of interests that link politics, finance and the media. And the deeper he goes, the more he realises how wrong he has been.
But power isn't sport: it's war. And if Gil doesn't stop digging, he might be the next casualty...
Robert Harris' THE GHOST and Bill Clinton & James Patterson's THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER meets HOUSE OF CARDS in the most anticipated thriller of the year, THE WHISTLEBLOWER by Robert Peston.
What your favourite authors are saying about THE WHISTLEBLOWER:
'Exceptional' MATTHEW D'ANCONA
'A genuine page-turner' - TOM BRADBY
'Intelligent, elegant & thrilling' - RORY CLEMENTS
'Unputdownable' - DAMIEN LEWIS
'Riveting' - NICK ROBINSON
'A cracking read' - ED BALLS
Reviews / Votes
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 *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
660 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83877-524-7 (9781838775247)
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Person
Robert Peston is ITV's political editor, presenter of the politics show Peston, founder of the education charity, Futures for All (www.futuresforall.org), and vice president of Hospice UK. He has written five critically acclaimed non-fiction books, How Do We Fix This Mess?, Who Runs Britain?, Brown's Britain, How To Run Britain and WTF?, which was described by the Financial Times as 'mandatory reading' for anyone seeking to understand Brexit, Trump and the collapse of confidence in western liberalism. His first thriller, The Whistleblower, published by Zaffre, was 'brilliant' according to the Guardian and called 'a rollicking read' by the Evening Standard. Its sequel, The Crash, was praised as 'clever' by the Times and as 'fast paced' by the Financial Times.
For a decade until the end of 2015, he was at the BBC, as economics editor and business editor, and in the 1990s he was 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. Find him on his blog at itv.com/robertpeston, and on Substack and X as @peston. He hosts a podcast with Steph McGovern, The Rest is Money.
For a decade until the end of 2015, he was at the BBC, as economics editor and business editor, and in the 1990s he was 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. Find him on his blog at itv.com/robertpeston, and on Substack and X as @peston. He hosts a podcast with Steph McGovern, The Rest is Money.