Fifty-First State — Hilary Bailey

A political thriller from a popular author - 2013. Britain is in chaos. Following a severe recession and a succession of short-lived hung parliaments, an election is called. Lord Gott, Treasurer of the Conservative Party, receives large sums of money from supposedly legitimate sources, which helps secure a majority. But someone took payments as a bribe to secure victory, and that someone might have won the most powerful position in Britain. Gott steps in to investigate . . .