Look Closer

By Rachel Amphlett

How far would you go to protect a secret? 

How far would you go to expose a lie?

Will Fletcher seems to have it all – perfect job, perfect life. Then in one act of extreme violence, his world turns upside down.

A bungled assassination attempt on a London street uncovers a disturbing conspiracy fuelled by organised crime and political ambition. Now, Will finds himself on the run, pursued by a dangerous enemy who will stop at nothing to protect his employer's past.

The only way to stop the chain of events is to follow a trail of clues that lead to the heart of British politics.

With the date for the UK General Election only days away and the killers closing in, Will is running out of time to deliver his own version of vigilante justice and expose the corruption. As the web of lies and deceit unravels, Will knows the answer's out there.

All he has to do is look closer.

Everyone has secrets. Everyone lies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rachel Amphlett
• Release date: Mar 24, 2015
• ISBN: 9780992268558

Reviews for Look Closer

[eyejaybee · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The plot of Rachel Amphlett's political thriller fairly races along. Indeed, the reader is pitched straight into the action from the opening lines when Will Fletcher is delivered by taxi to the Accident and Emergency ward of St George's hospital. Amy, the journalist with whom Will lives has been rushed there, after having been shot while conducting an interview with Ian Rossiter, Leader of the Opposition.Amy is in a coma and requires extensive surgery. Will is sent home to await further news, but on arrival at his flat he finds that it has been ransacked. And then he starts to receive mysterious and threatening phone calls … Someone is after information that Will doesn't even know he owns, and it quickly becomes clear that they mean business.The general trend for political thrillers in recent years has been to favour verisimilitude over excitement. This novel veers the other way, and the story focuses on the chase rather than an inexorably constructed political scenario. It is no less successful for all that, though, and proves very entertaining. Perhaps closer to Dick Francis than John le Carre, but certainly enjoyable.