Three In A Bed

This is a sensationally juicy novel about tabloid journalism, political scandal, spies, entrapments and sex. Quite a lot of sex, in fact. The story begins just a few days after the hacking trial of the summer of 2014 that exposed the unethical practices of national tabloid journalism.

Sam Plummer is the undisputed king of the front page expose, but he is growing increasingly bored with tabloid drivel. When he gets the chance to break a rare 'real' scoop, he makes a mistake that unravels his world, graphically exposes his own colourful private life, and forces him into the centre of a media storm. Convinced it's a conspiracy, Sam undertakes a thrilling investigation in pursuit of the truth that will restore his thrashed reputation...only to stumble upon a far more explosive story that could trigger a national security crisis.

This really is a story about three in a bed - a full-blown, political sex scandal. But it also exposes the unsavoury threesome that Gordon Brown called the 'criminal-media nexus': politicians, police, and the press.

ANDREW CROKER has been in the front line of sports media for 40 years. He was Sky's first Head of Sport, and globe-trotted for six years for super-agent Mark McCormack. After he tried -- and failed -- to sell his doomed internet start-up to Rupert Murdoch, he went on to found the world's leading digital sports content business. His five minutes of fame came when Ian Woosnam nearly killed him at the 1987 Ryder Cup. He has crossed Europe twice on his bike and now describes himself as a corporate domestique or networker (networking being defined as an activity carefully constructed to avoid actual work). Three in a Bed is his first novel.