The Lobbyist : 'He may be a bastard. But he's our bastard.' - Lionel Zetter
Lionel Zetter
- Pages · 336 pages
- Publication Date · 01/10/2025
- Genre · Political / legal thriller
Parliamentary lobbyist Damian Beaufortis a professional manipulator - clever, charming, ruthless - but when Labourwins power his Tory-heavy agency spirals towards bankruptcy. And the rest ofhis life looks like going the same way. Salvation comes not from booze or sex - despite his bestefforts - but a far less likely quarter: the UK's Secret IntelligenceService.� It also comes at a cost. Beaufort finds himself entangled in a lethal web ofconflicts: an internecine turf war between MI5 and MI6; underhand Westminstermanoeuvrings; Eurocrats bent on reversing Brexit; and, seemingly pulling allthe strings, the sinister head of Russia's FSB. Soon the lobbyist-turned-spy isn't just fighting to save hisagency, his reputation and his country. He's fighting for his life, and he'sfighting for revenge.� First-time author Lionel Zetter brings dazzling insiderknowledge to bear in this fast-moving contemporary thriller with a totallyunexpected denouement in the Chamber of the House of Commons.
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