Michael Gilbert 
Flashpoint [PDF ebook] 

Will Dylan is an electoral favourite — intelligent, sharp and good-looking, he is the government’s new golden boy. Jonas Killey is a small-time lawyer — determined, uncompromising and obsessed, he is hounding Dylan in the hope of bringing him into disrepute. Believing he has information that can connect Dylan with an illegal procedure during a trade union merger, he starts to spread the word, provoking a top-level fluttering. At the crucial time of a general election, no government can afford bad press. Jonas suddenly finds himself pursued by those who want to keep him quiet, but he is determined that the truth will be heard.