Will Caine and Gavin Esler

Investigative filmmaker, historian and novelist Will Caine talks about his debut novel, The Inquiry, in conversation with his friend and fellow journalist and writer Gavin Esler. The two will discuss their work and its influences on their writing.

The Inquiry is a political thriller set in post 9/11 Britain and follows a former MP, now senior judge, asked to conduct an inquiry into the intelligence agencies’ record against Islamist terror, which veers into a hunt for the dark genius manipulating a secret war.

Caine’s television work as a BAFTA-winning producer, director and writer began in the violence of Northern Ireland and took him to trouble spots such as Beirut, Guatemala and apartheid South Af-rica. He turned to history documentaries and was dubbed a ‘formidable World War Two historian’ by the Daily Telegraph. Among his award-winning television productions are Nuremberg: Goering’s Last Stand; The Ascent of Money; Age of Terror; and World in Action. He is author of three non-fiction books, Warlords, Allies at War and The Shape of the World.

Esler is a former presenter of BBC’s Newsnight and the author of five novels and two non-fiction books. His most recent novel was Power Play.