The Loyal Servant, Eva Hudson
The Loyal Servant, Eva Hudson
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The Loyal Servant

Author: Eva Hudson

Narrator: Hannah Curtis

Unabridged: 13 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/09/2022

Synopsis

What makes a devoted employee and mother of three risk everything in the pursuit of truth?Caroline Barber is a civil servant, doing her best to hang on to her job while keeping her demanding family happy. Her world is shattered when she discovers her boss—a senior politician—dead at his desk.Unable to accept the official suicide verdict, Caroline sets out to uncover the real reason the minister had to die and discovers a web of secrets and lies spun by some very powerful men.Enlisting the help of a ruthless newspaper reporter, Caroline carries on digging, taking greater and greater risks until she unearths a thirty-year-old conspiracy shocking enough to topple the government.

About Eva Hudson

Eva Hudson was born and raised in south London and now splits her time between the Sussex countryside and central London. She’s been a local government employee, singer, dotcom entrepreneur, portrait artist, and web designer. She has been writing fiction all her life and wrote her first full-length novel in 2005. In 2011 she won the inaugural Lucy Cavendish fiction prize for The Loyal Servant.

About Hannah Curtis

Hannah Curtis is an actress known for her appearances in The Shadow, Hollyoaks, and The Heavy. She graduated from Elmhurst School of Performing Arts and is involved with organizations such as the Actors Center in London and the Howard Fine Acting Studio in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diana on September 03, 2013

It's been awhile since I read a British political crime novel and I was not disappointed in this Lucy Cavendish Award winner. Americans may find this plot slow and maybe a little unexciting compared to the accelerated action in most of their own, but I enjoyed it. Caroline is an ordinary public serv......more

Goodreads review by David on July 21, 2018

A Whitehall conspiracy with a civil servant and a cynical journalist allied to uncover the connections. Takes far too long to get going.......more

Goodreads review by Nigel on February 21, 2014

I really found this an enjoyable thriller that kept me engaged almost from the start. A civil servant discovers her minister dead at his desk and a reporter is intrigued by what his colleague might have been working on before he met with an accident - will their paths cross? Obviously the answer is......more

Quotes

“A brilliantly paced thriller…Perfectly balanced between character and plot. Very gripping and suspenseful.” Sophie Hannah, New York Times bestselling author

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