What happens when you start delving into the seedy world of big business and corporate corruption? When deception, misrepresentation and dishonesty combine with powerful individuals and a toxic leadership style, the results can be deadly.

Bitter Water is an intriguing and thought-provoking thriller which sees a team of researchers in Oxford banding together to try to understand the pathological behaviour of those at the top of corrupt corporations. An unlikely crew made up of experts and insiders, the group has to deal with its own internal conflicts as well as the threat posed by those who want to silence them.

From awkward family connections to forbidden love interests, the team end up questioning their own ethics as well as those of the people they are studying. And when they end up uncovering a project which takes advantage of a vulnerable population, will they be able to do anything to stop it?

Bitter Water is a tale of corruption, modern terrorism and the attempted suppression of political dissent. A battle of social justice versus corporate power, John King's novel will make you question everything you thought you knew about big business and the people behind it.