None of us like paying our electricity bills, do we. But we like it even less when we get cut off. I didn't expect to like this book half as much as I do.
It's the 1980s. Britain's being privatized by a Tory government and no-one's happy. The Metropolitan Electricity Board make such a mess of a new billing system that people are dying of hyperthermia.
The plot moves along at a relentless pace and Andrew Sweeney and his glamorous wife, Deirdre are great characters. There are poignant thought-provoking moments and moments of hilarity as the author pokes fun at the way we used to live.

Firstly got to say ‘Analyst Session’ is not a great title for a book, it’s just not, I decided to give it a go as is based in the 80’s and liked the cover but the book has way more to offer than ‘Analyst Session’ would conjure up
Basically a fairly timid man Andrew has been syphoning off money ( cleverly in pennies but that has led to millions ) from his job at the newly formed ‘ Metropolitan Electricity Board’ in London, this comes to light and it is then a race to see if he is discovered before he can ‘get away with it’, Deirdre his ‘lover of good times and costly items’ wife has no idea, however in the end plays a blinder to help her hubby out.
As well as this the story is ( by way of a link story ) also part Govt based and a story based around a rebellion within the Tory Party which sees the P.M. fighting to retain his title.
It works, in so much as the 2 stories fit together and gel and run between themselves to make one ‘big story’
The characters are downplayed in the main except for Deirdre and although did form opinions on them they didn’t take away from the plot
The 80’s is more background in this story than ‘front of house’ and I wonder if this was because in 2020 the fraud would have been detected almost immediately?
Some of the conversations between characters raised an eyebrow and maybe considered a bit ‘clunky’ and some of the explanation on how computer systems work eye watering in their detail, however this was a book of great premise that did, in the main, follow through and am glad gave it a chance and enjoyed it

7/10
4 Stars