Possibly unwelcome review of books? (5)
I believe the answer is:
audit
'review of books?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for audit that I've seen before include "HMRC inspection" , "Go over" , "Financial review" , "Official inspection of company accounts" , "Conduct annual check of firm's accounts" .)