The Devil's Hunger: The unmissably tense thriller set in Stalin's Soviet Union

‘A CRACKING READ’ Financial Times ‘ENTHRALLING’ Observer__________ Moscow, 1932. Reporter Gareth Jones arrives in the Soviet Union excited to learn about Josef Stalin’s new Communist civilisation. At first Jones is dazzled by the apparent success of Stalin’s regime. But after catching glimpses of the brutal reality of the lives of ordinary Soviets, he begins to have doubts. And when Jones sees innocent people starving to death because of government diktats, his belief in the revolution is shattered. Jones knows he must tell the world what is really happening under Communism. But the secret police are stalking him and they will not hesitate to kill him to hide the terrible truth about their leader. Can Gareth Jones reveal the terrible truth about the Ukrainian famine to the world, or will he be silenced forever? THE DEVIL’S HUNGER is a gripping and authentic thriller based on an extraordinary true story, perfect for readers of Robert Harris, Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth, John le Carré and Kate Atkinson. THE DEVIL’S HUNGER was previously published as THE USEFUL IDIOT.__________ A New Statesman Book of the Year ‘Sweeney’s most impressive thriller yet’ John Gray ‘Frighteningly intelligent’ Robert Dinsdale ‘A petrifying thriller... impossible to put down’ Amazon Reviewer ‘Not to be missed... the story flies off the page’ Amazon Reviewer ‘A terrific thriller which is only (small) part fiction’ Amazon Reviewer__________ John Sweeney is an award-winning journalist and a former long-serving BBC reporter. He is the author of twelve books, including four THE DEVIL’S HUNGER (previously published as THE USEFUL IDIOT), the 200,000-copy bestseller ELEPHANT MOON, another historical thriller based on true event, two modern-day political thrillers, COLD and ROAD. Non-fiction works include an investigation into the Church of Scientology, THE CHURCH OF FEAR, an account of his time spent undercover in North Korea, NORTH KOREA UNDERCOVER, and a new book about Vladimir Putin and Ukraine, KILLER IN THE KREMLIN. He tweets from @johnsweeneyroar.