Ian H. Lane

About Ian H Lane

Born 21 August 1939, Plymouth, Devon, UK. Secondary education at Plymouth College.

Working life with HM Customs and Excise (on purchase tax in north and west London and at a distillery in Dagenham) and then with the Inland Revenue, including five years at the Special Investigations Section, dealing with tax avoidance and also tax evasion cases, followed by spells as a Senior Inspector in charge of tax offices in Willesden (north-west London), Dalston (north-east London) and finally Paignton, Devon.

From 1960 to 1962 did National Service in the RAF, servicing V-bomber navigation and bombing radar equipment, mainly at Marham, Norfolk.

Married to Jennifer with a son (in Australia) and a daughter (in the UK) and five very sporty grandsons.

Interests: politics, music, history, theology (Christian and Jewish), travel, railways and photography (which two often combine).

Published on Kindle 2015: The Basel Formula (Part 1 of The Basel Trilogy).

Shortly due for publication: Parts 2 & 3, The Basel Exodus and The Basel Account.

Also in the pipeline, an unconnected novel: O Château, O Seasons!

Apart from Moscow he has visited all the locations featured in these novels.

His book of railway photographs, Plymouth Steam 1954 to 1963 was published in 1984.