Where
Venue: Linghams Heswall LtdAddress: 248 Telegraph Road Heswall Wirral CH60 7SG
Open in Google Maps
When
Who
Why
The debut thriller from the former Home Secretary and author of This Boy is a gripping slice of contemporary espionage that takes in conspiracy, the Russian mafia and a fabulous looking woman on a train who may not be all that she seems.
Gary Nelson has a routine for the commute to his rather dull job in the city. Each day, he watches transfixed as a beautiful woman on the train applies her make up in a ritual he now knows by heart. He’s never dared to strike up a conversation . . . but maybe one day.
Then one evening, on the late train to Gipsy Hill, the woman who has beguiled him for so long, invites him to take the empty seat beside her. Fiddling with her mascara, she holds up her mirror and Gary reads the words ‘HELP ME’ scrawled in sticky black letters on the glass.
From that moment, Gary’s life is turned on its head. He finds himself on the run from the Russian mafia, the FSB and even the Metropolitan Police – all because of what because this mysterious young woman may have witnessed. In the race to find out the truth, Gary discovers that there is a lot more to her than meets the eye..
PLEASE NOTE – YOUR £10 ADMISSION TICKET CAN BE REDEEMED AGAINST THE PRICE OF THE BOOK IF PURCHASED AT THE TIME.
Our cafe will be open to purchase drinks and cake.
Alan Arthur Johnson is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for the Home Department from 2009 to 2010 and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Labour Party, Johnson served as the Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle from 1997 to 2017.