“A closed-room murder mystery married to a fast-paced political thriller – this will intrigue and excite.”
It’s March 2020: the Covid pandemic has struck the U.K.
In London, Members of Parliament play their annual Bridge match against MI5. It ends badly: a beautiful female MI5 officer is poisoned by one of the seven other players – but which one and why? Lydia Twomey of MI5 Internal Security is brought in to investigate alongside the Met Police Special Branch.
Meanwhile, an ambitious journalist gets wind of the murder and, scenting a scoop, also goes on the trail of the killer.
The path to truth takes in Russian money laundering, phone hacking, sex scandals with plotting from 10, Downing Street – plus love and death, of course.
Genre: Mystery
It’s March 2020: the Covid pandemic has struck the U.K.
In London, Members of Parliament play their annual Bridge match against MI5. It ends badly: a beautiful female MI5 officer is poisoned by one of the seven other players – but which one and why? Lydia Twomey of MI5 Internal Security is brought in to investigate alongside the Met Police Special Branch.
Meanwhile, an ambitious journalist gets wind of the murder and, scenting a scoop, also goes on the trail of the killer.
The path to truth takes in Russian money laundering, phone hacking, sex scandals with plotting from 10, Downing Street – plus love and death, of course.
Genre: Mystery
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