Tom Bradby, Alex Clark, Sam Bourne, Peter Hanington

They say ‘write what you know’. These authors have certainly taken that advice to heart. Join Alex Clark to get the inside scoop on this year’s hottest political thrillers. ITV News at Ten presenter Tom Bradby’s latest novel Secret Service has his MI6 Officer protagonist foiling a plan for a leadership challenge. BBC Radio news producer Peter Hanington’s new book A Single Source tells the story of a veteran BBC reporter caught in the middle of the Arab Spring and Sam Bourne’s (pseudonym of journalist Jonathan Freedland) thriller To Kill the Truth deals with a deadly conspiracy that could ignite another American civil war.