Hacked
by Geri Hosier
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Pub Date Oct 31 2013 | Archive Date Apr 24 2014
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Description
SEASONED FLEET STREET REPORTER AND EDITOR GERI HOSIER TURNS HER HAND TO THE CRIME NOVEL : A DEAD HACK, A PRIVATE EYE ON THE RUN, A SINISTER BILLIONAIRE. IT'S FRONT PAGE NEWS!
Liv Paxton, whipcrack smart, runs London’s biggest murder squad and she’s hunting the men who slaughtered the reporter at the very heart of the celebrity hacking scandal. As the killers claim another victim, Liv discovers the dead man had been tortured by professional interrogators before he died. What secret story was so dangerous that it cost him his life? Liv quickly finds herself up against powerful and implacable enemies - on both sides of the law. Enlisting the help of her best friend, glamorous and cynical newspaper boss Louise Brighouse, Liv enters the world of a mysterious Tartar oligarch; she crosses swords with a psychotic underworld kingpin, who vows vengeance on her. Her own life is on the line as she peels back layers of deceit and treachery to unveil the most terrifying criminal conspiracy London has ever seen.
A Note From the Publisher
Amazon.co.uk £2.99. Also available in paperback (P.O.D.).
Advance Praise
"Written by a Fleet Street insider, this is a fast and furious romp brimming with acerbic wit and a dash of romance." Deirdre O'Brien, Sunday Mirror, London
"An incredibly well-written crime/thriller with a gutsy heroine. Highest marks." NetGalley Librarian
HACKED is a taut, fast-moving, novel written by a
national journalist who knows the inside track when it comes to what`s
really going on, in this case with the hacking scandal and in the
criminal underworld. But it’s also about the friendship between super
cop, Liv Paxton, and her glamorous and deeply cynical journo friend
Louise Brighouse; between them, they`re dynamite – nobody gets past
them. I loved the acerbic wit, the office politics, the danger and the
intimacies, not just between Liv and Louise, but between Liv and her new
man too. Is he really what he seems? Well, to say more would be to
give away too much when you`ll want to keep the pages turning fast
yourself. –Penny Wyndham, Goodreads
Hosier takes you from the
glamour of a charity ball in the West End in chapter one, straight into
the middle of vicious rioting in the east end – and the first
murder victim - in chapter two. The plot moves at breakneck speed and
as the bodies pile up keeps you guessing about who the real bad guys are
right the way to the end. –Goodreads reviewer
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