Broadcaster David McDougall is the joint leader of the new party and is a shoo-in to be Prime Minister.
Except there has been a sort of a palace coup within the new party and the new Prime Minister is Bob Goodwin, rather than David McDougall.
In his debut novel, Common Sense, Colin Wreford examines what might happen in the not-too-distant future.
At first the new party has the full backing and support of the public as it works hard to put into practice its new policies.
However, things soon start to look a little less promising as corporal punishment and the death penalty are brought back and gay marriages are declared illegal.
The story open with an interview between TV presenter Sara Molan and new Prime Minister Bob Goodwin.
Soon their professional and personal lives become interlinked and his lust for Sara starts to cloud his judgement.
Inevitably protests about the new and draconian laws develop but the public and the establishment is shocked at the severe punishments that are meted out to the protesters and the actions of Prime Minister Goodwin range between a little bit odd to utterly weird.
Former co-leader of the party David McDougall forms an opposition to what he sees as the excesses of Goodwin. Can Goodwin defeat McDougall? Can Goodwin corrupt and manipulate Sara, a former colleague of McDougall, to keep the McDougall, the public, the media and opposition politicians under control as he battles to remain in power for his full five year term of office as he continues to try to mould the UK into whatever it is he wants to to become?
As he continues his machinations the situation in the country rapidly heats up and disorder and violence rapidly breaks out.
Who will win? Who will survive the worsening political maelstrom?
Wow. What a wild and thrilling ride, with a twist in the tail.
I do hope to read more novels by Colin Wreford, he's a good new voice in the world of thriller fiction.
It's published by Matador at £9.99.
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As the author of "Common Sense" I would like to thank you for your review and kind comments. I have written 2 more books, including a follow-up to "Common Sense" so hopefully you will be able to read further novels from me in due course.
ReplyDeleteYou completely "get" my book. Unfortunately some reviewers feel that it is too violent for their taste which I understand but sometimes it is necessary to frighten people to get the message across. In this case, showing how fragile our hold on our accepted way of life and democracy in all its forms really is.