The Reluctant Trader is now published!

So, after more than a few hours of fast learning about book formatting on both KDP and Createspace, I have now published my first political thriller, The Reluctant Trader.  For those who know what this means when you do it yourself (rather than have someone do it for you!), you will know that this is an achievement.  All that remains is for me to persuade as many avid readers out there to buy it – it is today available as a Kindle e-book and, within the next 24 hours, it should be out in paperback (via Amazon only) as well - and then please post me a review.This is not another Ben Lewis story but something different.  There has been so much change that has impacted British political life these last few months - in no particular order: the Panama Papers leak, the murky world of tax havens and certain tax evasive non-doms who live there; the plummeting price of oil; the UK’s increasing involvement in the war against ISIS in both Syria and Iraq; the Referendum and the looming Brexit process; and, if that wasn’t enough, a rapid change of UK political leadership.  And that was just in the first 6 months!!It seemed to me that, out of what has felt like a turbulent melting pot of perhaps unconnected events, there could perhaps be a really exciting plot for a political thriller that drew some of these strands together.  At a time when the Night Manager television series was gripping the nation during the thick of all this, I was busy writing this, my next book, trying to weave an equally intriguing plot that I hoped might be just as thrilling.I hope that you enjoy The Reluctant Trader.  I have certainly enjoyed writing it.  I have tried to give it a fast-paced storyline and some hidden twists that, fingers crossed, most may not guess until the very final reveals.As ever, do let me know what you think!