Bankers' Draught

When VAT is introduced in 1973, Nick Storey is worried about the potential for fraud - especially in the financial sector. After he gets a tip-off about fishy business in two VAT offices, an undercover agent in one of them (City VAT Office) is murdered. Rosemary goes undercover in a merchant bank and identifies a corrupt VAT officer. But when Nick follows the man's boss by accident, he discovers the frauds are to fund the Protestant side of the Northern Irish Troubles . After the boss is shot and the corrupt VAT officer vanishes, the trail to the leader of the fraud goes cold. But an unexpected opportunity arises to set a trap. Rosemary goes undercover in the City again and the leader is unmasked in the maze of back alleys in the City. This is the third novel set in HM Customs & Excise by Richard Hernaman Allen a former Commissioner of Customs & Excise.