Ben’s Book Club

Name: Ben’s Book Club
Start: 2024-07-23T19:30:00+10:00
End: 2024-07-23T20:30:00+10:00
Location: Virtual

Join Ben Hobson in conversation with author Tim Ayliffe to discuss his carefully crafted, propulsive thriller ‘Killer Traitor Spy’.

Tuesday July 23rd, at 7:30PM AEST

Ben’s Book Club is a free monthly digital book club hosted by author Ben Hobson – brought to you by OverDrive. Join in on the fourth Tuesday of each month to engage and interact with authors from all genres. During this digital book club, guests will have the opportunity to ask questions, interact with the authors, and enjoy a well-rounded bookish discussion.

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This month’s featured title, ‘Why Do Horses Run?’, is available to borrow from Libby with no waitlists or holds! Download Libby and find your local library to start reading:

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About Tim Ayliffe:

Tim Ayliffe’s thriller novels have been informed by his 25-year career as a journalist in Australia and around the world. He writes about espionage, extremism, politics and the global power games at play in the 21st century. He has been the Managing Editor of Television and Video for ABC News and also Executive Producer of News Breakfast.

About ‘Killer Traitor Spy’:

Journalist John Bailey and CIA officer Ronnie Johnson join forces to outwit their most deadly adversary yet.

Stealing secrets is a deadly game.
Someone wants Russian millionaire Dmitry Lebedev dead. After years flying under the radar in Sydney, he’s just had a narrow escape when a sex worker is poisoned in his hotel room. In desperation he contacts his former CIA case officer, Ronnie Johnson, offering to expose a traitor inside the Australian government in return for protection.
John Bailey has spent decades risking his life to break news stories. Along the way he’s made some interesting friends, including Ronnie — who saved his life in Iraq — and Scarlett Merriman, whose night with Lebedev left her in a coma. And now they both need Bailey’s help.
While Bailey investigates what happened to Scarlett, Ronnie Johnson is calling in an old debt. Because the same people going after Lebedev have framed Ronnie for murder.
From Canberra to Moscow to Beijing, Killer Traitor Spy uncovers the new lines of espionage in the twenty-first century. It proclaims Ayliffe as a master of the genre.