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Book Description:
"A dizzying, enjoyable caper...After reading this hard-to-put down thriller, you may put all your money in your mattress."Members who requested this book also requested:
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When financial executive Verity Banks' latest proposal is axed by her boss, she decides to show how easy it is to break through automated security, hide money, and then show senior management where it is. Then her former mentor, financial wizard, Dr. Zooltan Tor ups the ante, and dares her to steal a billion dollars, invest it to earn thirty million in three months, then put the original billion back before anyone notices. To heighten the challenge, Tor and Verity will compete against each other, though Tor gives Verity an edge: she can use a computer for her theft, but he cannot....
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Genres:
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Mystery >> General
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Thrillers >> Suspense
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Authors, A-Z >> ( N ) >> Neville, Katherine
- Mystery & Thrillers >> General
Top Member Reviews
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Katherine Neville is a superb writer. I enjoyed "The Eight" but this story is easier to read with less characters whom she really gives in-depth personalities. The story is good, though a little outdated when describing the technology...book was publisheed 1992. Worth the read.
Julie A. from BEVERLY HILLS, CA wrote on 3/16/2006...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I LOVd this book! Rich, complex and thrilling, a financial crime thriller about a crime to reverse a crime...