Secret State

The appearance of a headless horseman at Quitewell Hall foreshadows a number of deaths amongst an aristocratic family. In the midst of a Civil War re-enactment the family relive their own historic battles with their hostile neighbours. But what is the truth about the DeQuettevilles – and the ghostly rider?

Following his shock election victory, Tom Dawkins launches an enquiry into the toxicology anomalies at the blast in Scarrow. As British intelligence locates the whereabouts of al-Qaeda chief Tamin al-Ghamdi, a reluctant Dawkins is pressed to take him out.

After revelations of covert drone fuel production in Scarrow, Tom Dawkins finds himself in the centre of a political storm. His pursuit of the corrupt banker, Sir Michael Rix, makes him enemies in the financial world and in his own party.

In the final part of the political thriller Agnes tries every avenue to contact Tom Dawkins and share her information about what brought down the Prime Minister's plane.