Book excerpt: Sophie Mayhew looks like she has the perfect life. Wife of rising political star John F. Mayhew, a man who is one step away from the top job in the government, her glamour matches his looks, power, breeding and money. But John has made some stupid mistakes along the way. All this can still be swept under the carpet as long as Sophie 'the trophy' plays her part in front of the cameras. But the words that come out of Sophie's mouth one morning on the doorstep of their country house are not the words the spin doctors put in there.