The Secret War
One cruise. One virus. Seven days to stop a global catastrophe.
When private investigator Karen Andersen uncovers a covert Chinese Communist Party cell operating out of Liverpool University, she doesn’t expect their next target to be Manhattan—or that the weapon will be biological.
Tracking the operation to an overbooked luxury cruise sailing from Southampton, Karen boards under false pretences. With just seven days to expose the plot before landfall in New York, she faces corporate cover-ups, shifting alliances, and a charming femme fatale who may be far more dangerous than she appears.
British intelligence is watching. So is the enemy. And somewhere in the ship’s glittering chaos, a silent weapon waits to be unleashed.
A smart, high-stakes thriller of espionage, political sabotage, and black-market science, The Secret War is Karen Andersen’s most urgent—and most personal—mission yet.
“Page-turning spy fiction with a brilliant female lead and bite.”
“Wickedly clever, unnervingly timely, and laced with dark British humour.”
Reviews of The Secret War
‘Great spy fiction.’ – Liverpool Echo
‘Exceptional. Riveting.’ – Reader’s Favorite
‘Utterly up to the minute social media undercover work, this is absolutely fascinating.’ Charlie Flowers, best-selling author and counter-terrorism advisor
★★★★★ Louise Burfitt-Dons has written a masterpiece.’ Surjit Book Blog
What Amazon and Goodreads are saying about The Secret War
★★★★★ ‘This tense drama concludes with a satisfying yet unexpected final twist’
★★★★★ ‘Sharp dialogue, heart beating moments and a brilliant twist.’
★★★★★ ‘ The elements weaved into the novel were so brilliantly done that you had to remind yourself that it was a work of fiction.‘
★★★★ I loved this book, it was interesting reading it while we are living this pandemic…the story is so good Varietats
With a chilling premise and twists and turns at every page, The Secret War is definitely the perfect read for lovers of Dan Brown and Black Crouch thrillers Bookstechnica
‘A wild, somewhat whacky, and deeply chilling journey into modern day socio-politics’ Bookly Matters
‘Tense and completely brilliant from beginning to end’ Little Miss Book Lover
‘The story hooked me. Big time. I needed t find out what happened.’ Blog33 South Textworks
‘As thrillers go you really can’t get much more up to the minute that this.’ Ebookwyrms Blog Cave
‘The tension was racked up to the point I was almost on the edge of my seat’ Beyond The Books
‘A recommended reading choice for anyone passionate about political thrillers with a taste for world threats during threatening times.’ Wild Writing Life
‘Brilliant up-to-date tense thriller’ Waterstones reviewer
‘An outstanding 5 star read‘ Standing in the Light Review
Chapter 1: The Secret War
