Deadline: The Debut Thriller From The Award-Winning Broadcaster Steph McGovern
Steph McGovern
Jul 2025 · Pan Macmillan
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The debut crime thriller from award-winning broadcaster and journalist Steph McGovern.
'Thrilling, captivating and full of heart' – Giovanna Fletcher, author of Billy and Me
'Brilliant! I love how it describes all the behind the scenes of TV and I had no idea where it was going. So clever. So good' – Kimberley Walsh
Your child has been kidnapped.
You're live on television.
Going live in 10, 9, 8 . . .
Today is a huge day for TV reporter Rose’s career. A live interview with one of the most powerful men in the country, on one of the nation’s biggest TV shows.
7, 6, 5 . . .
But, when she hears an unfamiliar voice in her ear, she knows something is very wrong.
4, 3, 2 . . .
Her earpiece has been hacked. She’s live on air in the middle of the interview. They tell her they have kidnapped her family.
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And, in order to protect them, Rose must do exactly what the hijacker says. They are in control now.
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'A pacy, witty, engaging thriller, entertaining and delightfully authentic, but hard-hitting and thought-provoking too. I can't wait for you all to read it' – Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series
'Fascinating and authentic peek behind the scenes . . . Steph McGovern lifts the lid and hooks us in with an irresistible set up' – Val McDermid, author of Past Lying
'Thrilling, captivating and full of heart' – Giovanna Fletcher, author of Billy and Me
'Brilliant! I love how it describes all the behind the scenes of TV and I had no idea where it was going. So clever. So good' – Kimberley Walsh
Your child has been kidnapped.
You're live on television.
Going live in 10, 9, 8 . . .
Today is a huge day for TV reporter Rose’s career. A live interview with one of the most powerful men in the country, on one of the nation’s biggest TV shows.
7, 6, 5 . . .
But, when she hears an unfamiliar voice in her ear, she knows something is very wrong.
4, 3, 2 . . .
Her earpiece has been hacked. She’s live on air in the middle of the interview. They tell her they have kidnapped her family.
1
And, in order to protect them, Rose must do exactly what the hijacker says. They are in control now.
* * *
'A pacy, witty, engaging thriller, entertaining and delightfully authentic, but hard-hitting and thought-provoking too. I can't wait for you all to read it' – Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series
'Fascinating and authentic peek behind the scenes . . . Steph McGovern lifts the lid and hooks us in with an irresistible set up' – Val McDermid, author of Past Lying
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July 13, 2025
I really wanted to like this book. The tag hooked me immediately but the story was nothing I had expected.
About the author
Steph McGovern is an award-winning broadcaster who currently presents The Rest Is Money podcast with Robert Peston. Steph has worked in journalism for over twenty years, eight of them as part of the BBC Breakfast family. She went on to present her own BAFTA-nominated live daily show, Steph’s Packed Lunch, on Channel 4 and is a regular Have I Got News for You panellist and host. Steph is an avid crime reader and has interviewed countless authors including Val McDermid, Ann Cleeves, Hillary Clinton, Harlan Coben, Lee Child and Don Winslow, as well as judging the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award at the Harrogate Crime Festival since 2019. Deadline is her first novel.
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