To Kill the President
Maggie Costello uncovers an assassination plot to kill the tyrannical new president.
A blockbuster thriller from No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sam Bourne.
The unthinkable has happened…
The United States has elected a volatile demagogue as president, backed by his ruthless chief strategist, Crawford ‘Mac’ McNamara.
When a war of words with the North Korean regime spirals out of control and the President comes perilously close to launching a nuclear attack, it’s clear someone has to act, or the world will be reduced to ashes.
Soon Maggie Costello, a seasoned Washington operator and stubbornly principled, discovers an inside plot to kill the President – and faces the ultimate moral dilemma. Should she save the President and leave the free world at the mercy of an increasingly crazed would-be tyrant – or commit treason against her Commander in Chief and risk plunging the country into a civil war?
”'A cracking read” - Piers Morgan
”'Couldn’t be more relevant if it tried. Bloody terrifying” - The Pool
”'Ingenious … page-turning … drawing on The Day of the Jackal, Julius Caesar and perhaps Dr Strangelove … few novels have been as urgently topical” - Sunday Times
”'A pacy, engaging and morally serious thriller that offers no easy answers on the limits of loyalty and dissent within a democracy” - Guardian
”'A Day of the Jackal for these dizzying times” - Ian Rankin
”'This blockbuster thriller from number one bestselling author Sam Bourne is a real page-turner” - Express & Star
”'Fast-paced and exciting, it is perfect holiday reading … all-too plausible” - New Statesman
”'Read this book” - Jeffrey Archer
”'Blisteringly brilliant” - Rachel Johnson
”'A barnstorming read” - Raymond Khoury
”'A right rollicking holiday read” - David Baddiel
”'Tired of alternative facts? Try Sam Bourne’s alternative fiction. To Kill the President is a dazzling thriller” - Charles Cumming
'Brilliantly convincing' David Hare -
”'It's a gripping thriller, a brilliant satire and - I fear - a prescient warning” - Tim Shipman, Political Editor of the Sunday Times
”'A thrilling, breathless page-turner: House of Cards meets Dr. Strangelove” - Matt Frei
”'If you like the sinister intrigue of House of Cards mixed with the epic calamity of Homeland, you're going to love Sam Bourne's thrilling new book” - Eli Attie, Writer/Producer, The West Wing