No Immunity

"All the police seem to want to do is pin the killing on some obscure terrorist group."

"But isn't that the most likely explanation?"

"Of course it is. I just dont think it's the correct one."

November, 2003. The British Ambassador in Buenos Aires, Mark Wordsworth, is murdered on the eve of talks with the Argentine Government about the Falkland Islands. Initially, terrorists seem to be the most likely culprits but as the investigation unfolds, it becomes increasingly clear that many people around Wordsworth stood to benefit from his death. His deputy, Jeremy Hawkins, hated him. And what of his widow, Ann, and her former lover, Julian De Crespigny, now Head of Foreign Office Personnel? Or Wordsworths successor, the apparently deeply devout William Grant? Also unclear is the role of the reclusive businessman, Angus Sterling, whose fortune is riding on a South Atlantic oil concession under threat from the negotiations.

The police in Buenos Aires and London have made little progress when another death muddies the waters further. Adam White, Assistant Head of Security in the Foreign Office, sets out on his own independent enquiry under the watchful eye of his boss, James Carter. The trail takes Adam in search of the truth to Argentina and Chile and back to London before he makes his final, fateful return to Latin America. But Adam has not revealed everything about his past to his anxious lover, Alison Webster. What was his connection to Wordsworth..?

"No Immunity was inspired by John le Carre´, but I wanted to write about diplomats, not spies. In creating these characters, Ive drawn mercilessly on the behaviour of people Ive encountered during my travels, but I defy anyone to recognise themselves," says author Alan Hunt.