From the first explosive chapter, you’re hooked on this near-future thriller and Kat Polinski, its new-style heroine. Kat breaks into an embassy in Washington DC to copy a highly-classified file, only to find five bloodied corpses and a gunman determined to make her number six.
Hours later, she learns her sister has been murdered as well. Nothing and no-one will stop Kat from hunting down the killer. But the closer she gets, the more she peels away layers of a post Nine Eleven world where fear is used to control and governments act above the law.
High-stakes, high-octane thriller...my kind of book —Lee Child
A complex, intelligent, skillfully-turned adventure story that will keep the reader spellbound.”--- Simon Winchester
Humphrey Hawksley’s thriller, The History Book, introducing new-style heroine Kat Polinski, is published by Grand Central on August 16th. Humphrey is a Foreign Correspondent whose reports can be seen on BBC World and BBC America. He will be a Thriller Fest panelist ‘Honor among Thieves’ Friday July 13th 3:00-3:50 pm How do bad heroes and heroines live with themselves?
