The Defector?

A few months before the 2010 General Election, Elliott Copley, the Conservative Shadow Home Secretary, seemingly destined for high government office, unexpectedly leaves the UK for Russia. An internal inquiry discovers no reasons for his actions and he's recorded as a defector. A decade later he returns secretly to British soil. Special Branch and MI5 are desperate to find him before he causes unimaginable damage. Join DS Robert McGraw as he discovers a trail of corruption and unearths a diplomatic incident between the United Kingdom and Russia that, if known, would have led to the downfall of a government. In this gripping, expertly written novel, Laurence Todd draws the reader into a journey of discovery, fraught with emotional turmoil and the most surprising of endings.