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As part of my on-going examination of the important issues and developments in money laundering and financial crime, I write articles, books and other discussion documents on a regular basis - and also now appear on the (very small) silver screen.
A novel about financial crime

Anti-Money Laundering:

What You Need to Know

This book is written for staff working in firms covered by AML requirements, which place requirements on such firms to put in place policies and procedures to prevent and forestall money laundering and terrorist financing.  This concise book covers the central tenets of the AML regime - customer due diligence, record- keeping, reporting and staff training - for staff working in the jurisdiction and sector specified by each edition.  Each edition also contains an outline of the relevant legislation, sector-specific case studies and red flags, and links to further information.

Fatal Forgery - a novel

Susan's first fictional foray into the world of financial crime is now available.  Set in London in 1824, "Fatal Forgery" tells the (almost true) story of a banker-turned-forger and the intrepid police officer who investigates him. To buy the paperback or Kindle edition or the audiobook from Amazon, click on the book cover. “Fatal Forgery” is also available in several e-formats.  To buy the iBook version, click here (this clever link takes you to the right iBookstore for your location).  To buy the Kobo book version, click here.  To buy the plain PDF file from Gumroad, click here. f
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Money Laundering

Bulletin

I write a monthly article for leading trade paper Money Laundering Bulletin, where I look at the AML regimes operating in various jurisdictions and also offer practical advice to MLROs on how to make their lives easier (short of resigning, of course).
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Suspicious Activity: The

Adventures of an MLRO

Edward Jones is a Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Radleys Bank. In common with other MLROs, he has to balance legal requirements, recalcitrant colleagues and sniffy customers.  He first appeared in the pages of Money Laundering Bulletin, and is now being published as a serialised e-book on the Kindle platform.  (Free software from Amazon  can be downloaded to enable iPads, iPods, Windows PCs and Macs to download and read Kindle e-books.) For more information about each of the six books in the series, click below.
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Anti-Money Laundering:

A Guide for the Non-

Executive Director

This book is written for non-executive directors of firms covered by AML requirements, which place requirements on such firms to put in place policies and procedures to prevent and forestall money laundering and terrorist financing - and hold the directors of those firms responsible for ensuring that this is done.  It is essential that every director - whether executive or non-executive - is aware of the heightened requirements of the AML/CFT regime of his regime, and his responsibilities under it.  This concise book gives him that information.
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Heir Apparent - a novel

Susan's sixth novel featuring magistrates’ constable Sam Plank is now available.  In this new mystery, set in London in 1829, a young man returns to London from the family plantation in the Caribbean after an absence of six years to be at his father’s deathbed – and to inherit his estate. But is the new arrival who he says he is, or an impostor?  With their investigations leading them into the complicated world of inheritance law and due process after death, Constable Sam Plank and his loyal lieutenant William Wilson come face to face with the death trade and those who profit from it – legally or otherwise. To buy the paperback or Kindle edition from Amazon, click on the book cover. f

Worm in the Blossom - a

novel

Susan's third novel featuring magistrates’ constable Sam Plank is now available.  In this new mystery, set in London in 1826, Sam uncovers a web of blackmail, corruption and yes, money laundering so far-reaching that even he is shocked. To buy the paperback or Kindle edition from Amazon, click on the book cover. “The Worm in the Blossom” is also available in various e-formats.  To buy the Kobo book version, click here.  To buy the iBook version, click here.  And to buy the plain PDF from Gumroad, click here. f
A novel about financial crime

Susan in the City:

The Cambridge

News Years

For a decade I wrote a weekly column for my local newspaper, and this is a collection of my favourite eighty of the resulting 510 columns. To buy the paperback or Kindle edition from Amazon, click on the book cover.

Portraits of Pretence - a novel

Susan's fourth novel featuring magistrates’ constable Sam Plank is now available.  In this new mystery, set in London in 1827, Sam meets Frenchmen in London and daring blockademen in Kent to uncover smuggling and even more dangerous ambitions. To buy the paperback or Kindle edition from Amazon, click on the book cover. “Portraits of Pretence” is also available in various e-formats.  To buy the Kobo book version, click here.  And to buy the plain PDF from Gumroad, click here.
A novel about financial crime

Faith, Hope and Trickery

- a novel

Susan's fifth novel featuring magistrates’ constable Sam Plank is now available.  In this new mystery, set in London in 1828, Sam finds himself tackling belief and disbelief, truth and lies, as he uncovers a group of religious fraudsters. To buy the paperback or Kindle edition from Amazon, click on the book cover. “Faith, Hope and Trickery” is also available in various e-formats.  To buy the Kobo book version, click here And to buy the plain PDF from Gumroad, click here. f
A novel about financial crime

The Man in the Canary

Waistcoat - a novel

Susan's second novel featuring magistrates’ constable Sam Plank is now available.  In this new mystery, set in London in 1825, Sam suspects there may be a link between a suicide, an embezzler, an arsonist and a thief.  And money laundering rears its ugly head... To buy the paperback or Kindle edition from Amazon, click on the book cover. “The Man in the Canary Waistcoat” is also available in various e-formats.  To buy the iBook version, click here.  To buy the Kobo book version, click here To buy the plain PDF file from Gumroad, click here. f

The Solo Squid:

How to Run a Happy

One-Person

Business

In today’s gig economy of portfolio careers and side hustles, more and more of us are working alone for at least some of our lives. We are the self-employed, the freelancers, the independent consultants and the one-man bands. Responsible for every aspect of our own professional lives, we need at least eight arms to keep the show on the road – we are the solo squids. But although you can work alone, you may not know how to enjoy it.This book is about how to be a happy solo squid – how to run your business on your own and thrive on the experience.. To buy the paperback or Kindle edition from Amazon, click on the book cover.
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