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Sam Bourne (the pseudonym of Jonathan Freedland) on his new book 'To Kill The President'.

Sam Bourne (the pseudonym of Jonathan Freedland) discusses his new book 'To Kill The President'. The protagonist from Sam's previous book Maggie Costello is back to uncover an assassination plot against the US's tyrannical new president, facing the ultimate moral dilemma. The unthinkable has happened - the United States has elected a volatile demagogue as president, backed by his ruthless chief strategist, Crawford 'Mac' McNamara. When a war of words with the North Korean regime spirals out of control and the President comes perilously close to launching a nuclear attack, it's clear someone has to act, or the world will be reduced to ashes.

Soon Maggie Costello, a seasoned Washington operator and stubbornly principled, discovers an inside plot to kill the President - and faces the ultimate moral dilemma. Should she save the president and leave the free world at the mercy of an increasingly crazed would-be tyrant - or commit treason against her Commander in Chief and risk plunging the country into a civil war?

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Wed 5 Jul 2017 17:05
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    A Design For Life

    • Everything Must Go - 20th Anniversary Edition.
    • Columbia.
    • 16.

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    One Last Time

    • My Everything.
    • Republic Records.

  • Nena

    99 Red Balloons

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Little Wing

  • The Who

    I Can See For Miles

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 012.

  • Carly Rae Jepsen

    Cut To The Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • School Boy/Interscope.

  • The Beatles

    Don't Let Me Down (feat. Billy Preston)

    • 1967-1970.
    • Apple.
    • 10.

  • Joe Jackson

    Steppin' Out

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie

    Red Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • East West.

  • U2

    Elevation

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Wildwood Kin

    Run

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • The Johnny Mann Singers

    Up, Up And Away

    • Two Way Family Favourites (Disc 1).
    • Castle.

  • John Legend

    All Of Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Headgirl

    Please Don't Touch

  • John Martyn

    Dancing

    • Island.

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  • Wed 5 Jul 2017 17:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2