When street-fighting anarchist Dutchie's New Age girlfriend is killed by a bomb blast in Oxford Street, he vows revenge. But how can he track down the terrorists responsible, especially when they're posing as foreign exchange dealers in the City? The only way of getting inside and to the heart of things, is for Dutchie to clean up his act, and for the dreadlocked class warrior to become a city-slicker. The Riot Act is a fast paced tale of mayhem and revenge, featuring protestors, yuppies, killers and spies. This thriller for the late nineties heralds an engaging new voice in British crime fiction.

?The most off-beat hero of the year is a fully-fledged street-fighting anarchist...violently politically correct and amoral, but written with real power? Daily Telegraph ?An exciting talent? Val McDermid Short-listed for the John Creasey Memorial Dagger

Jon Stock is a British author and journalist who writes a column called The Last Word for The Week magazine in India. He is currently editor of the Weekend section of the Daily Telegraph in the UK. He previously worked in New Delhi for two years, as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and has also lived in Cochin, Kerala. He currently lives in Wiltshire with his wife and three children. He has written two books, both of them spy novels: The Riot Act, published by Serpent's Tail 1997, and The Cardamom Club.