The Lobbyist

Parliamentary lobbyist Damian Beaufort is a professional manipulator - clever, charming, ruthless - but when Labour wins power his Tory-heavy agency spirals towards bankruptcy. And the rest of his life looks like going the same way. Salvation comes not from booze or sex - despite his best efforts - but a far less likely quarter: the UK's Secret Intelligence Service. It also comes at a cost. Beaufort finds himself entangled in a lethal web of conflicts: an internecine turf war between MI5 and MI6