Pay Off

<P>Why does a wealthy Scottish financier set up a drugs deal with the IRA? Jeopardise his career, endanger his family and lover by tangling with the East End underworld and a ruthless mercenary? The motive is simple: revenge for a cold-blooded act of murder.<br><br>His adversary is a dangerous gangland boss whose connections stretch from the Highlands to London and beyond. More than a match for a newcomer, especially when that newcomer's plans contain a fatal flaw which will be discovered only when it is much too late . . . <br><br>*********<br><br><B>PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER</B><br><br>'A master of the thriller genre'<br><I>Irish Times</I><br><br>'As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping' <br><I>Irish Independent </I><br><br>'The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist'<br><I>Sunday Express</I></P>