Fifty-First State

It is the year 2013. Britain is in a severe recession and poverty is causing mayhem. There has been a sequence of short-lived hung parliaments and, due to terrorist bombs, repressive measures have been brought in by the power-hungry Government which fall especially hard on British Muslims. Global security is also at risk when an election in Iraq brings in a fundamentalist government and it threatens to nationalize its oil. And the friendly partnership between the US and UK is over - destroyed by mistrust.After a new election is called, Lord Gott, Treasurer of the Conservative Party, receives large sums of money from supposedly legitimate sources. This helps secure a majority for his party and Alan Petherbridge becomes Prime Minister. Gott steps in to investigate despite a scandalous personal secret that might get in the way...

Product details

• Authors: Hilary Bailey, Bailey Hilary
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2012
• EAN: 9781448209309
• ISBN: 978-1-4482-0930-9
• No. of pages: 380
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; London, Greater London, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Politics, Political / legal thriller, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, FICTION / World Literature / England / 21st Century, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Science fiction: near future