Six top political thrillers

In 2007 Barry Forshaw, author of The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction, named a "critic's chart" of "six American noir masters" for the London Times.Now he's named his top political thrillers for the paper.Number One on his list:House of Cards by Michael DobbsFrancis Urquhart - more ruthlessly corrupt than any expenses-massaging real-life MP - is a great literary monster.Read the full list.See