Washington D.C., Sep 1 (TIWN) Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, following in the footsteps of her husband, has embarked on her journey as a thriller writer.

Hillary, who was trumped in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, has co-authored the book with the 'New York Times' best-seller Canadian novelist, Louise Penny.   The uncannily timed book, published by Simon & Schuster, is set to release on October 12.   

According to a preview of the novel available on the Simon & Schuster website, the story begins with the election of a new U.S. President, who appoints his political rival, Ellen Adams, as his Secretary of State (Hillary, remember, had contested in the Democratic Party primaries against Barack Obama in the run-up to the 2008 elections).   

And then comes the text message to Anahaita (who could be modelled after one of Hillary's closest aides, Pakistani American Huma Abedin), which was actually a coded warning.   What follows is a series of terrorist attacks on American targets and the start of "an international chess game involving the ... Byzantine politics of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran; the race to develop nuclear weapons in the region; the Russian mob; a burgeoning terrorist organisation; and an American government set back on its heels in the international arena."