EVADING TAXES IS SIMPLE:

STAYING ALIVE IS THE CHALLENGE

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A story of political ambition, greed, love and revenge, this fast-paced thriller follows fictional events in just one week at the end of January 2016, the start of what, by any yardstick, was an extraordinary year in British politics.

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When disgraced former soldier, Adam Fraser, goes to work as an oil trader for well-connected tax-exile and billionaire, Ricky Al-Shawabi, he finds himself at the centre of a British operation trying to expose Al-Shawabi as a criminal tax evader. However, the tentacles of Al-Shawabi’s operation reach high into the British political system. Before he realises it, Fraser is embroiled in Ricky’s deadliest deal yet: supplying laundered money to ISIS in Iraq. When the authorities threaten to shut down the whole operation, little does anyone realise what the explosive repercussions are likely to be – in particular amongst those jostling to become the next UK Prime Minister.

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Set in London, Monaco and Iraq, The Reluctant Trader provides a fictional backstory behind some of the extraordinary events that shaped UK politics in 2016.