Underhedged: A safe as the Bank of England ... yeah, right!

Sebastian Oates is a senior economist at the Bank of England, but his career seems to have plateaued. The Old Lady sends him on an unusual secondment to NCP, a Mayfair hedge fund run by financier JJ Netley - possibly the world's most unpleasant man! The Governor gives Sebastian just one instruction: "Don't bugger this up." With the help of slippery MP Edward Elkano, our reluctant hero does his Sebastian-best to avoid letting the Governor down by securing a valuable new client for Netley. At first, everything seems to be going smoothly, but the collapse of Lehman Brothers sets off a chain of murderous events that turns the plucky economist's life upside down. Can Sebastian escape with his life? Can he once again save the day? Or has he really buggered up this time? The odds are stacked against him, but you should never underestimate a Bank of England man! This is the second and final book in the Sebastian Oates trilogy - unless, that is, he manages to escape this adventure with his life.