About This Book
This exciting sequel to 'Killing Tomorrow' is a near-future terrorist thriller with prescient relevance to world events today. The CIA think she is a Jihadist sympathiser. The Jihadists think she is a CIA informant. She is on the hit list of a renegade assassin. They all want feisty British journalist Fleur Nichols dead. If that wasn’t enough her partner has been killed by a suicide bomber in Pakistan and the whistleblowing documentary they were working on has been suppressed by the government. Now it seems that Wenna Cavendish, deputy head of MI5 and once her friend has turned against her. But the biggest threat of all is the deadly virus that has been let loose on the world, leading to the closure of international borders and the imposition of martial law. As the death toll rises and the killers close in, Fleur discovers she is pregnant. The seemingly impossible fight is on to protect herself and her unborn child from her adversaries and to preserve the kind of democratic society she has always fought for. A gripping, fast-moving thriller set in an ominously believable near future. Peter Hill has returned to novel writing after a successful career as a writer and script editor for many renowned TV drama series both in the UK and New Zealand where he now lives. He is the author of the internationally published British police detective books ‘The Staunton and Wyndsor Series’ and ‘The Commander Allan Dice Books’ which are now available as eBooks. As John Eyers he wrote 'Survivors: Genesis of a Hero' and 'Special Branch: In at the Kill' Writing in a different genre of near and far-future fiction, Peter's new series 'Evolution's Path', is alarmingly relevant to circumstances in today's world. PRESS COMMENT ON PETER HILL'S PREVIOUS BOOKS ‘This is a taut, handsome job, beautifully written, full of real characters and acute observations.’ The New York Times ‘A really first-class who-dunnit’ Essex Chronicle ‘Exceptionally well told, with satisfying outcome.’ Columbus Sunday Dispatch ‘Lies, gossip and jealousy fail to deter two of Scotland Yard's finest in this entertaining mystery with an extra twist or two... or three.’ Pittsburgh Press ‘Peter Hill does a fine job with character, plot, atmosphere and suspense.’ Publishers Weekly ‘… a pair of attractive investigatorsâ€"the young and aristocratic Leo Wyndsor and the slow-moving but smart veteran Bob Staunton. The case takes them to Cornwall, where a man has been murdered and hung on an old gibbet... All this is very agreeable, especially in Mr. Hill's smooth and often sympathetic telling.’ New York Times ‘I'd like to see Messrs. Staunton and Wyndsor in more books. They're a lot of funâ€"and they’re good detectives.’ Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia ‘Bizarre murder and a full, meaty, thoroughly absorbing account of the investigation…’ The Times ‘… an acute professionalism. What is even better, it has the holding qualities of a rock-loving limpet.’ The Bookseller ‘Zippy, intricate Chinese puzzle laid out with high laconic skill…’ The Sunday Times ‘Peter Hill does a fine job with character, plot, atmosphere and suspense.’ Publishers Weekly (US) ‘A tremendous piece of fast-moving fiction. Not one word wasted, the story starts and ends with a bang.’ Coventry Evening Telegraph ‘A lively example of the permissive roman policier.’ The Observer ‘Taut, sharp, fast-moving.’ Manchester Evening News ‘To follow… the brilliantly inspired tracking of Hill’s two detectives is a joy, apart from the brain-teasing pleasure of accepting the author’s challenge to identify the murderer.’ London Evening News ‘Peter Hill has done it againâ€"a fast-moving, action-packed thriller involving the secret service, the police and underworld criminals.’ Coventry Evening Telegraph ‘A really good thriller writer. Very clever at the way he measures out clues… Written in staccato sentences, each a drum tap tautening the tension.’ The Daily Telegraph ________________________________________
