Peter Hain, The Lion Conspiracy

Having thwarted murderous poachers in The Elephant Conspiracy, the Veteran, Thandi and Mkhize are back battling to save lion prides from being killed for their claws, teeth and bones. Struggling to defeat the international criminal syndicate responsible for poaching, the team find themselves embroiled in mafia-style smuggling, illicit night flights and tense shoot-outs.

Join member of the House of Lords author and life-long human rights campaigner, Peter Hain, as he delves into his gripping third thriller.

This event will include an audience Q&A. After the event there will be an opportunity to get your book signed by the author.

Part of A Criminally Good Day

Join us for a fabulous day of criminally good events in Harwich. With author talks and a film-screening at Electric Palace, one of Essex’s leading cultural venues; a family ‘Litter is Criminal’ workshop on Harwich Beach and a Game Changer Workshop with award-winning Signals, there really is something for everyone. Visit the A Criminally Good Day page for more details.

Saturday 29 June, 4.00pm

Venue: Electric Palace, King’s Quay Street, Harwich, CO12 3ER
Tickets: £10 / £8 concessions (Students, Under 27s and Unwaged)
Box Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948

Make a day of it! Buy a ticket to 2 author events at our Criminally Good Day, get the 3rd event free. Discount automatically applied at checkout when tickets for all 3 events are booked:
1.00pm – Nicci French
2.30pm – C.L. Miller
4.00pm – Peter Hain

The Lion Conspiracy by Peter Hain

Published 28 March 2024

Order a copy of The Lion Conspiracy at bookshop.org

Gripping and pacey, grounded in real-life experience, and endorsed by global conservationists

From South Africa to Zanzibar, from Kenya to Britain, activists are battling to save lion prides, today more threatened by extinction than rhinos and elephants, as a result of illegal wildlife trading. Having thwarted murderous poachers in The Elephant Conspiracy, the Veteran, Thandi and Mkhize are back battling to save lion prides from being killed for their claws, teeth and bones. As the demand for lion parts soars, impoverished local communities are being incentivised to poach, and the fight against this illegal plunder becomes ever more vicious.

Struggling to defeat the international criminal syndicate responsible for poaching, the team find themselves embroiled in mafia-style smuggling, illicit night flights, tense shoot-outs, and an encounter with a protégé of Vladimir Putin.

About the Author

Peter Hain was born in South Africa. His parents were forced into exile in 1966. He was involved with the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the Anti-Nazi League during the 1970s and ’80s. Hain was the Labour MP for Neath 1991-2015 and a senior minister for 12 years in Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s governments. He is a lifelong Human Rights campaigner, and currently a Labour member of the House of Lords. Hain has written or edited twenty-one books including Mandela, Outside In, Pretoria Boy, The Rhino Conspiracy and The Elephant Conspiracy.