What happens when power corrupts lawmakers?
John Reid spent years building the life he always wanted: his own investment firm, a beautiful wife, a luxury yacht, a holiday home. But this all comes crashing down around him when he is wrongfully accused by New Zealand government officials of masterminding a colossal tax fraud against well-heeled investors.
Finding himself at the centre of a national scandal, and with the threat of a long prison sentence looming, John fights to clear his name. Despite his lawyer’s best efforts, the fight will never be a fair one: New Zealand’s Serious Fraud Office is renowned for its prosecutorial prowess, and the country’s top QC has his sights set on putting John behind bars for good.
As the case gets further underway, John uncovers a thread of corruption that runs deeper than he could ever imagine. With justice spiralling further out of reach and the verdict ever closer, John must draw on every reserve he has to be in with a chance of overcoming the odds, in what becomes a David-versus-Goliath fight.
Based on true accounts, A Few Bad Men is a gripping true crime thriller about one man’s fight for justice in the face of a broken, corrupt system.
- ISBN13 9781915635389
- Publish Date 7 September 2023
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Whitefox Publishing Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 432
- Language English