The Ladies' Game (Evolution's Path, Band 2)

They all want feisty British journalist Fleur Nichols dead.


The CIA think she is a Jihadist sympathiser.


The Jihadists think she is a CIA informant.


She is on the hit list of a renegade assassin.


But the biggest threat of all is the deadly virus that has been let loose on the world, leading to the closure of international borders and the imposition of martial law.


If that wasn’t enough her partner has been killed by a suicide bomber in Pakistan and the whistleblowing documentary they were working on has been suppressed by the government.


Now it seems that Wenna Cavendish, deputy head of MI5 and once her friend has turned against her.


As the death toll rises and the killers close in, Fleur discovers she is pregnant.


Against seemingly impossible odds can Fleur fight on to protect herself and her unborn child from her adversaries and preserve the kind of democratic society she has always fought for?


The Ladies’ Game is a gripping, fast moving thriller set in an ominously believable near future.


Peter Hill has recently returned to novel writing after a successful career as a scriptwriter, editor and producer for many renowned TV drama series both in the UK and New Zealand where he now lives. He is the author of the internationally published British police detective books ‘The Staunton and Wyndsor Series’ and ‘The Commander Allan Dice Books’ which are now available as eBooks.


Writing in a different genre of near and far-future fiction, Peter's new series 'Evolution's Path', offers a disturbingly realistic vision of the future.


PRESS COMMENT ON PETER HILL'S PREVIOUS BOOKS

‘This is a taut, handsome job, beautifully written, full of real characters and acute observations.’
The New York Times

‘A really first-class who-dunnit’
Essex Chronicle

‘Exceptionally well told, with satisfying outcome.’
Columbus Sunday Dispatch


‘Peter Hill does a fine job with character, plot, atmosphere and suspense.’
Publishers Weekly

‘… a pair of attractive investigators—the young and aristocratic Leo Wyndsor and the slow-moving but smart veteran Bob Staunton…’
New York Times


‘Bizarre murder and a full, meaty, thoroughly absorbing account of the investigation…’
The Times

‘… an acute professionalism. What is even better, it has the holding qualities of a rock-loving limpet.’
The Bookseller

‘Zippy, intricate Chinese puzzle laid out with high laconic skill…’
The Sunday Times


‘A tremendous piece of fast moving fiction. Not one word wasted, the story starts and ends with a bang.’
Coventry Evening Telegraph

‘A lively example of the permissive roman policier.’
The Observer

‘Taut, sharp, fast moving.’
Manchester Evening News

‘To follow… the brilliantly inspired tracking of Hill’s two detectives is a joy, apart from the brain-teasing pleasure of accepting the author’s challenge to identify the murderer.’
London Evening News

‘Peter Hill has done it again—a fast-moving, action-packed thriller involving the secret service, the police and underworld criminals.’
Coventry Evening Telegraph

Peter Hill's background is steeped in crime. He was a detective in the Metropolitan Police, London, serving in some of the toughest parts of that city for thirteen years. He also worked at New Scotland Yard in the Company Fraud Department and later the internationally recognised C1 department known as 'The Murder Squad'. In the course of his investigations he travelled widely in Britain, Europe and South America. He left the force at the age of thirty-two, with the rank of Detective Inspector, to become a professional writer, initially as a TV script writer. Peter worked extensively in television for iconic British drama series such as 'Callan', 'The Sweeney', 'Z Cars', 'Public Eye', 'The Bill', 'Special Branch', 'Crown Court', 'New Scotland Yard', and 'Armchair Theatre'. He has been a writer, script editor and producer both in the UK and New Zealand, where he now lives. He has previously written eight novels, which were all published worldwide, in hard and paperback, and in several translations. These books are British detective police thrillers set in various locations in the UK and are now available as eBooks on most major online retailers. The Staunton and Wyndsor series, The Hunters, The Liars, The Enthusiast and The Savages. The Commander Allan Dice books, The Fanatics, The Washermen. These books are all stand-alone stories, but with the same major protagonists. Under the pen name of John Eyers he was commissioned to write 'Survivors: Genesis of a Hero', the sequel to Terry Nations novel, based on the famous 'Survivors' TV series. Also as John Eyers, he wrote 'Special Branch - In at the Kill', a spin-off from the 'Special Branch' TV series. These are now available as eBooks. Both of these books are stand-alone stories and it is not necessary to be acquainted with the TV programmes to be able to enjoy them. After a successful career in TV drama Peter has returned to novel writing but in a new genre and 'Evolution's Path' is a series of related near and far-future crime and apocalyptic stories. They are Killing Tomorrow, The Ladies' Game and Procreation. These are available as eBooks at most major online retailers, and as paperbacks on Amazon.