The Kingfisher Secret by Anonymous – featuring a controversial and wealthy businessman who is running for President of the United States and a former porn star about to go public with details of their relationship …

The Kingfisher Secret is anonymously authored by a respected journalist, and is said to be ‘rooted in real life, but not “a true story”.’

Ripped from the headlines and inspired by tales, speculation and whispers from within the intelligence community, The Kingfisher Secret focuses on the issue of today.

On the eve of the 2016 American election, journalist Grace Elliott has been working tirelessly on a story involving the controversial and wealthy tycoon who is running for President of the United States, and a former porn star who is ready to go public with details of their affair.

Yet, for political reasons, the publication that Grace works for decides to bury the story. She is then sent to Europe to resume her work as a ghostwriter for the candidate’s ex-wife, a no-nonsense Czech businesswoman who ‘writes’ a column for the publication. Grace soon stumbles on a shocking story about how the man who is about to be president has made it as far as he has, and the threat his election victory poses to the western world.

Selina Walker, Publisher of Century and Arrow, says it was vital to protect the anonymity of the author: ‘This is a story that had to be told. I realised straightaway not only how explosive the book could be, but also that our anonymous author and his secret source were at personal risk, and that we had to protect them.

‘The journey to publication has been extraordinary: communication through secure apps, password-protected material, and a flight to Canada to meet the author in absolute secrecy.

‘A gripping, hugely intriguing conspiracy thriller that has at its heart the origins of a tangled, toxic international relationship that consumes us all.’

The Kingsfisher Secret will be published on 18 October 2018.

About the book

Her codename is Kingfisher. Her mission: to seduce and marry the most powerful man in the world.

October 2016: In America, the election is a few weeks away.

Journalist Grace Elliot has just landed a scoop that she believes will make her career.

A porn-star is willing to talk about her affair with the man some hope and many fear will become the next president of the United States.

But no one will touch it. Instead, Grace is sent to Europe where she discovers a story so big, so explosive that it could decide the American election and launch a new Cold War.

If she can stay alive long enough to tell it …

Spies, murder and one of the biggest conspiracies of our time lie at the heart of the thriller of the year.

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