'Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John le Carre' Daily Express ___________________ The railway station is heaving with rush-hour commuters when the bomb goes off. In the subsequent enquiry, serious questions are asked of Jake Winter, the British Intelligence Officer responsible for preventing the attack. Especially when it transpires that the bomber was his agent. With his conscience - and his career - in tatters, Jake's hopes rest on his new recruit, a young British-Asian man named Rashid. Recently returned disillusioned from the Middle East, and now enlisted into a new terrorist plot, Rashid seems to be the answer Jake, and MI5, have been waiting for. But how can Jake know for certain when Rashid is his only source? Is history about to repeat itself or has Jake lost his nerve, haunted by his last mistake? After all, who can you trust, when you no longer trust yourself? ___________________ ***PRAISE FOR NICHOLAS SEARLE*** 'It reminded me strongly of John le Carre ... this is high praise' Daily Mail 'Unbearably tense' Daily Telegraph 'You will have your socks knocked, nay, blown off' Stylist

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GOOD LIAR, SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM 'Unbearably tense' Daily Telegraph 'While her husband prepared to murder a young man he had never met, Bridget O'Neill completed her packing for Christmas with her in-laws.' Francis O'Neill is a terrorist, trained to kill for his cause. Bridget is his wife, expected to be loyal and stand by her husband. She has learned not to hope for much more, until the day she glimpses, for the first time, the chance of a new life. A life without violence, without secrets, and without knocks on the door in the dead of night. A life without her husband. But what if freedom for Bridget means grave danger for Francis? In A Traitor in the Family, bestselling author, Nicholas Searle, tells a story of shocking, intimate betrayal. Can a treacherous act of the most personal kind ever be, in this darkly violent world, an act of mercy? 'It reminded me strongly of John le Carre ... this is high praise' Daily Mail "The Good Liar was excellent ... this is even better' Sunday Express

A white-knuckle tale of betrayal and espionage from the bestselling author of The Good Liar, now a major motion picture, and the heir to John le Carre's legacy 'Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John le Carre' Daily Express ___________________ Rush-hour commuters are flooding the railway station when the bomb goes off. The bomber? An agent reporting to the British Intelligence Officer, Jake Winter, who was responsible for preventing the attack. With his conscience and career in tatters, Jake has to rest all his hopes on a new recruit: a young man named Rashid who seems to be the answer the MI5 have been waiting for. But how can Jake - haunted by his last mistake - be sure that Rashid isn't playing a double game? After all, who can you trust when you no longer trust yourself? ___________________ 'A thought-provoking read that bursts with tension' Financial Times 'Meticulously plotted, with wonderfully drawn characters. Every bit as compelling as Searle's stirring debut' Daily Mail 'A spy thriller with extra authority' Jonathan Freedland, Guardian 'Elegant, grown-up entertainment with nail-biting action. It has the terrifying ring of truth'The Times