Win Judith's latest thriller
Bestselling crime writer Judith O’Reilly has released her latest action-packed conspiracy thriller – and we’ve got three copies to give away
Judith,wholivesinDurham City, is a Westminster journalist turned Sunday Times bestselling author, and her new novel Curse the Day sees the return of damaged hero and spy-to-hire Michael North.
Instead of coronavirus threatening the future of humanity, however, computers and killer robots have taken centre stage in this year’s big tech thriller.
In Curse the Day, scientist Toby Hawke is due to unveil an astonishing scientific breakthrough.
His Artificial Intelligence systemhasreachedconsciousness, making Hawke the leading light in his field.
But when terrorists storm the gala launch of the AI system,theydon'tjustleavechaos andcorpsesintheirwake.They seize Hawke's masterwork, sparking a chain reaction of explosive events which could end the world as we know it.
Ex-assassin Michael North must find the killers and recover the AI. But he can't do it alone.
Hawke's wife, Esme, and teenage Geordie hacker, Fangfang, have their own reasons to help complete North's mission-andtogethertheyunravel a dark and deadly conspiracy which stretches right to the top of the British elite.
Judithsaid:“I’mhopingthe book offers some pure Bondstyleescapismfromthehorror show that is coronavirus.
“Who doesn’t need some distraction from today’s reality? I know I do.”
Curse the Day follows O’Reilly’s first foray into crime with her widely acclaimed debut thriller Killing State which Lee Child described as “terrific”andAndyMcNabdescribed as “a gritty, action-packed, page-turner”.
Judith became wellknown after she turned a blog about her family’s move from London to the North East into abookcalledWifeintheNorth.
Curse the Day is published by Head of Zeus, www.headofzeus.com
We’ve got three copies of Curse the Day to give away. To beinwithachanceofwinning, answer this question: What’s thenameofthemaincharacter in Curse the Day? A:: Michael North B:: Michael West C:: Michael South Email your answer, along with your postal address, to Katy.Wheeler@jpimedia.co.uk by April 17. Usual JPI Media competition rules apply.