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To Kill a Man

The new blockbuster thriller from the author of TO KILL THE PRESIDENT

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To Kill a Man

By: Sam Bourne
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
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About this listen

 A cat-and-mouse thriller of rare intelligence, To Kill a Man is the latest from number-one bestseller Sam Bourne -- a twisting, timely story of power, justice and revenge.

A woman is brutally assaulted in her own home by an intruder. She defends herself -- leaving her attacker dead.

But this is no ordinary woman. She's Natasha Winthrop, tipped as a future president of the United States.

When inconsistencies emerge in Winthrop's story, political troubleshooter Maggie Costello is drafted in to save Natasha's career. At first, Winthrop is hailed as a #MeToo heroine: the woman who fought back. But Maggie is soon forced to confront more troubling questions about what really happened that night. Did Natasha secretly know her attacker? Is there a link to similar attacks, in America and around the world?

Who is Natasha Winthrop -- and what is she capable of?

Praise for To Kill a Man:

'Ingenious plot twists and insights into political campaigning, the Me Too movement and the darker side of the internet...this [is a] topical and thought-provoking thriller' The Times

'Completely gripping and original. Sam Bourne puts female anger, vengeance and power at the centre of this, his latest and to my mind most exciting novel, to thrillingly cathartic effect' Hadley Freeman

'A compulsive, zeitgeisty tale of gender politics and social-media manipulation. The perfect post-#MeToo thriller -- I gobbled it up' Louise Candlish

'Chillingly convincing' Daily Mail

'A thrilling and involving mystery that provides a masterclass on American politics, but also has a real human story at its heart' Sunday Express

'An absorbing and timely thriller' Irish Independent


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Critic reviews

A Day of the Jackal for these dizzying times
In To Kill the Truth, Maggie Costello rivetingly tackles a cabal of Holocaust and slavery deniers, whose aim is nothing less than to destroy memory
Urgently topical
A propulsive plot and an appealing heroine . . . The premise is both intriguing and, in the current climate of post-truth, fake news and sour populism, grimly topical
Read this book
Chilling . . . You think today's news is nightmarish enough? Sam Bourne's provocative thriller imagines things getting much, much worse
A dazzling thriller
Bourne's writing is chillingly plausible... Read it while it's still fiction
House of Cards mixed with Homeland
A barnstorming read
Brilliantly convincing
A gripping thriller and a prescient warning
Pacy, engaging and morally serious
A pacy, intelligent thriller set in the treacherous world of Trump-era politics . . . Recommended
Grips from first to last page
Topical and thought-provoking
Chillingly convincing
All stars
Most relevant
Great book. The narrator was excellent and created good characters and told the story well.

clever and topical

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This story keeps you riveted and interested in the idea that the book could work in real life. So many twists in reality and social media. Yet again I really enjoyed this Bourne novel.

Ingenious ideas to question the law

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Story farfetched but entertaining and narrator was excellent. Wasn't keen on the graphic violence though!

Very well narrated

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Enjoyed the narration, female Irish accent very easy to listen too.
Story had just enough twist and turns

Page turner, well crafted

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Lacked credibility both in plot and characterisation. Had to suspend disbelief too long to make it to the finish!

What a disappointment!

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