Dirty Geese

Category: General Fiction

Dirty Geese

The first book in the Kanha and Colbey trilogy

When Chief Whip Esme Kanha learns of the sudden death of the Minister for Personal Information, she bitterly regrets missing his desperate calls the previous evening. Unconvinced by the verdict of suicide, and suspicious that corrupt colleagues played some part in the man’s death, she decides to investigate – but she must tread carefully in a near-future world dominated by technology, where ‘what can see watches, what can hear listens, and what can be followed is tracked’.

Meanwhile, Big Tech executive Henri Lauvaux arrives in London. His mission: to ensure the new minister, Harry Colbey, will not prove as problematic as the last. As the West inexorably slides towards an Orwellian ‘Big Brother’ future, Harry Colbey and Esme Kanha join forces in a deadly cat-and-mouse game against political corruption – at great cost to themselves.

 

Discover the rest of the Kanha and Colbey trilogy:

Book 2: Palisade

Book 3: Divinity Games

 

Published by Armillary Books, an imprint of Fairlight Books.

Hardback

Published: 06/07/2023

ISBN: 9781914148743

Length: 336pp

Price: £18.99

Paperback

Published: 06/07/2023

ISBN: 9781914148538

Length: 336pp

Price: £9.99

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‘I love books that show me behind the closed doors of the corridors of power. And this book does it brilliantly’ —Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC, author of Unlawful Killings

Dirty Geese is a taut thriller for our times. In a backstabbing Westminster, chief whip Esme Kanha and new minister Harry Colbey must pick their way through a political landscape mined by AI and patrolled by a wolfish, dissolute PM. Lou Gilmond expertly conjures up a shiny, fake tech future that is becoming more jarringly real by the day’ —Martin Hickman, author of Dial M for Murdoch

‘A superb political thriller – it’s tense, compelling and with terrific characters you want to follow. The suspense and dark revelations kept me hooked’ —@DanSamEnd

‘The constant presence of AI creates a foreboding atmosphere… A complex, thoroughly researched and informative political thriller with a timely social undercurrent. Dirty Geese is an original, well written political thriller’ —Crime Fiction Lover

‘From a stunning opening, through twists and turns of political and commercial intrigue, the page turning tension of this chilling near-future thriller never lets up’ —G.D. Sanders, author of The Taken Girls

‘This book grabbed me from the very start. A tense, clever, suspenseful page-turner with characters that jump off the page, and a chilling and plausible contemporary premise’ —Aliya Ali-Afzal, author of Would I Lie To You?

‘Political thriller that ripples throughout with an undercurrent of suspense and tension. One to recommend… This is a slick taut read, one which grabbed my attention from the opening pages and never let up until the end… Its pacing is spot on and as the truth is slowly revealed it builds the drama… packed with plenty of twists and turns, political shenanigans abound’ —@amwbooks

‘I was hooked from the first page… I highly recommend’ —ARL Books

‘The perfect story for anyone who wants a glimpse behind the curtain at how British government works, or who has concerns about privacy and how it is being eroded a little bit each day’ —Matthew Craig

‘Flipping heck, if Dirty Geese doesn’t make you want to turn off your electrical devices then you must be one of the “listeners”… political intrigue, Big Brother vibes and all too believable’ —Glynis Railton

‘Lou Gilmond has given us a new man of honour, Harry Colbey. The “mean streets” frequented by Harry are the corridors of power in Westminster’s Houses of Parliament, a place tarnished by greed, betrayal, mendacity, exploitation and innate corruption; a compelling if somewhat sceptical characterisation of the current state of British political life’ —Precarious Gothic

‘The writing is brilliant’ —Jackie’s Reading Corner

‘Absolutely blew me away’ —Brown Flopsy’s Book Burrow

‘An intriguing & intricate tale… the overt threat of technology taking over is detailed in menacing glory. A recommended read’ —DDS Book Reviews