The Missing Activist: A Gripping British Political Thriller (P I Karen Andersen series) (Karen Andersen Crime & Mystery Thriller Series) - Softcover

Burfitt-Dons, Louise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953852296 ISBN 13: 9780953852291

Publisher: New Century, 2018

Synopsis

Post-Referendum Britain and a country on high alert for terrorist attacks.When a young political activist goes missing in London, off-the-wall Private Investigator Karen Andersen is called in to find him. While searching she uncovers secrets of a party system which prizes loyalty above truth, a serial killer and a female Jihadi plotting deadly revenge on the British government. A behind the scenes political thriller and bullying story of poignancy and compassion. The author has had experience of both having been a national candidate during the 2015 General Election as well as the founder of an anti-bullying charity during the scandal which rocked the Tories after the tragic death of a young activist later that year. Louise Burfitt-Dons is a former journalist, playwright, and screenwriter of thrillers. This is her first crime novel and all characters and places are imaginary. If you admired Lisbeth Salander you'll love Karen Andersen. She’s fiercely independent, driven, resilient, highly skilled but completely loveable...

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Review

Explosive Expose. A no-holds barred expose of dirty tricks in the Tory party, set against a background of violent Islamist jihad and major social change in contemporary Britain. With her personal experience of political campaigning and her involvement in an anti-bullying and other mental health charities, Burfitt-Dons writes with knowledge and conviction.
A fast-paced, racy thriller which keeps up the suspense until the final denouement, this is far more than just a page-turner: it is a warning to all of us about just what is at stake, politically, economically and socially, in Brexit Britain. Amazon

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...This book is stunningly different from many thrillers I’ve read recently. There are several murders and a big finish. But using examples like the Kurdaitcha practices in aboriginal culture and other research into group behaviour, it is also a compassionate tale which grips to the very end. 
There are some truly original great characters in this book. Haruto, the half Scottish half Japanese love interest of Karen Andersen, Bea Harrison who trains women wannabe politicians and turns a blind eye to her husband’s shortcomings, the long-winded Quacker, the runaway Filipino maids, the charismatic Zinah Al-Rashid who once worked in Harrods, Robin Miller the star-struck twenty one year old with a heart of gold who is wedded to the party which shafts him, Tammy Kell, the cool as ice female Tory candidate, and Andersen herself, the highly sensitive off the wall private investigator who is fighting her own demons with a second-hand foil off the internet. ......

About this edition

• Publisher: New Century
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0953852296
• ISBN 13: 9780953852291
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 410