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Summary: A Romantic, Financial Thriller-Fantasy
Review: This is a wonderful book which will probably appeal more to women than to men. I especially enjoyed this book as my background is in banking, as is the main character's. I am an American woman, who started as a stockbroker back in the 1970's, when there were few women in the brokerage and banking areas. This book reminds me of what women went through in that time, especially with the "old boys' club" and "glass ceiling" types of problems. Yet this character is able to overcome all of that and pull off an incredibly thrilling finanacial caper. In the background, a romance develops with an absolutely dazzling, incredible man. So many incredible things happen in this book that it absolutely has to be termed a fantasy in addition addition to being a romantic financial thriller. A thoroughly enjoyable "escape" book for every woman who has ever worked in business (or who has ever been frustrated by men's behavior in business). This is the first book I have read by this author, and I hope to read more!
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Summary: PAGE-TURNING DELIGHT
Review: This is the most entertaining and upbeat book I have read in a long, long time. I find a lot of fiction inane and boring, boring, boring. But A Calculated Risk was the kind of page-turner that keeps this guy up late at night! Tons of fascinating detail about the world of high finance.
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Summary: She Spins a Great Yarn
Review: This is the most upbeat, exciting caper novel I've ever read. It's probably only because Neville does not make a habit of writing capers that she isn't recognized as being a master of the genre. Try it. You'll love it.
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Summary: Exciting book about banking? Yup - hard to believe, huh?
Review: When I find a book that makes me want to put the world on pause so I can read just one more page - that's when I know I've found a winner. 'A Calculated Risk' is just such a book. I did find the ending to be a bit convenient although upon a second read, I can see where the clues were scattered about. I loved the character of Zoltan Tor - what a name! - he's one of those characters you wish you could be or meet in real life. A fun book.
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Summary: This book and The Eight personifies Neville's abilities
Review: When I read this book, I felt as though I was again greeted with the warm, narrative voice of Neville introduced to me in The Eight. I enjoyed the book's plot that involved money and power and romance. Verity Banks reminded me of "Cat" in The Eight and I was glad to have read another book by this great author.
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