Killing the Messenger - Tapa blanda

Praise for The Pied Piper's Poison: A grainy, honest attempt to probe those dark areas we give novelists sanction to investigate. Highly ambitious and stunningly successful.A" Independent Assured, ambitious... a fascinating first novelA" The Times Quite simply stunningA" Time Out Praise for The Resurrection Club a rich, complex and disturbing second novel - Full of showstopping scenes, this wicked piece of anti-PR for Edinburgh and its festival turns out to be as good at manipulating emotions as the characters within itA" Independent on Sunday Praise for The Pirate A rollicking adventure story in disguise, with a swashbuckling denoument worthy of the skull-and-crossbones on the front cover.A" Independent on Sunday Wallace's quiet confidence in his own writing alone would take him a long way in a face-value literary world hungry for bright young things, but his ability to unfurl a story - and to inhabit the past - mark him down as a stayer.A" Scotsman A tale of the nasty side of human nature at, at its finest.A" FHM

It's the near future and a beleaguered UK Prime Minister resigns, making way for a surprise and triumphal return by his charismatic predecessor. The nation's mental 'well-being' is placed at the top of the political agenda and the party's rising star, Dr Greig Hynd, is catapulted into high office to lead the flagship policy. Meanwhile advertising executive, Calum Begg, has stumbled on mass communication techniques whose extraordinary results promise unlimited power to anyone ruthless enough to use them. One man will take that risk and another will sacrifice everything to try and stop him. Award-winning author, Christopher Wallace, uses his insider's knowledge of government advertising to create a wholly credible conspiracy, brilliantly satirising those who serve power and those who pursue it.