Head of StateTwo corpses. A country on the edge of a political precipice. A conspiracy so bold it would make Machiavelli wince. Andrew Marrs debut novel imagines what really might be going on behind the door of 10 Downing Street. When a young investigative reporter is found dead on the streets of London few people notice. But when another body minus its head and hands is washed up on the banks of the Thames, its grisly condition arouses a little more interest.