New thriller set in Westminster and Chelsea

Set around Westminster and Chelsea, Palisade explores what happens when an AI surveillance company joins forces with a corrupt political party to their mutual benefit, but at a terrible cost: the end of a western nation’s democracy.

When Chief Whip Esme Kanha is handed a secret dossier containing evidence of government corruption, she suspects its original owner, a top journalist, was murdered for gathering it. Despite the danger, she feels she must investigate. Meanwhile, lowly backbencher Harry Colbey is working his own leads. A known campaigner against big tech, he is often sent data from anonymous sources and this time round he has something truly alarming.

But both Colbey and Kanha must tread carefully in a world dominated by AI, where ‘what can see watches, what can hear listens, and what can be followed is tracked’. As Kanha and Colbey again join forces, they are locked into a deadly race against political corruption, no matter what the cost. But when an old enemy returns, it may already be too late…

Palisade is the second book in the series, but can be read as a standalone book. The third book, which can also be read as a standalone, will be published on 10th April 2025.