How do you know who's on your side, if you don't know whose side you're on?
"I thought it would really take something to kiss my children goodbye one morning and walk out the front door, knowing I wouldn't be back. But in the end, it was simple. The door had already been opened; all I had to do was walk."
David is the heir to global company TradeSmart, run by his philanthropic father, Clive Witherall.
Meg is an ambitious intern at a national newspaper, determined to break into the media world.
Anna is hiding a dark secret, desperately clinging onto her new identity.
When the three friends meet Harry, everything changes...
As Anna finds herself drawn into the dark and highly controlled world of intelligence, she is forced to question everything she thinks she knows about the people who have recruited her - and about herself.
And all the time, someone is watching her. Someone who is closer than she thinks.
Stylish and assured, The Most Difficult Thing is an irresistible combination of contemporary espionage and domestic suspense, and leaves the reader questioning who they should trust, right to the very last page.