Nine Elms Books Lobbyist: 'He may be a bastard. But he's our bastard.'

Parliamentary lobbyist Damian Beaufort is a professional manipulator clever, charming, ruthless but when Labour wins power his Tory-heavy agency spirals towards bankruptcy. And the rest of his life looks like going the same way. Salvation comes not from booze or sex despite his best efforts but a far less likely quarter: the UKs Secret Intelligence Service. It also comes at a cost. Beaufort finds himself entangled in a lethal web of conflicts: an internecine turf war between MI5 and MI6; underhand Westminster manoeuvrings; Eurocrats bent on reversing Brexit; and, seemingly pulling all the strings, the sinister head of Russias FSB. Soon the lobbyist-turned-spy isnt just fighting to save his agency, his reputation and his country. Hes fighting for his life, and hes fighting for revenge. First-time author Lionel Zetter brings dazzling insider knowledge to bear in this fast-moving contemporary thriller with a totally unexpected denouement in the Chamber of the House of Commons. Autorid: Lionel Zetter