Averill's Party

by Rob Blaney

A comic novel about political corruption in local politics. Averill is ambitious, demanding, power hungry. When she has the opportunity to take political power she seizes it. It is 2008 and when the local Council leader dies Averill manoeuvres herself into power. She is demanding, seductive and when her husband mysteriously disappears on a trip to Northern Ireland she enters into a dangerous liaison with a Council officer.Meet Mitch, investigative journalist who uncovers a plot to steal Euro funding, the bitter Council Secretary looking for revenge, Peter Leadbeater, compulsive marathon runner, Terry Bint, the chain smoking, eagle-eyed newspaper editor, and Alex Doubleday, ambitious minister for Local Government. Branchester, a fictional northern English town, becomes the centre of scandal, fraud, and corruption. Its people are characters found in every town: the scheming political class,the vulnerable charity workers, inept policemen, and the ordinary people, innocent of political fraud. Averills Party has black humour, is fast moving story, you see Britain at its funniest in the corrupt world of local politics. Averill’s Party could be set in any British town; you will discover characters you want to throw into prison, others you want to protect. Averill’s Party is Rob Blaney’s first comic novel, a good read.

290 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 4, 2011