Dear Great Book Guru,
Next Saturday, October 20, at 11am in Clifton Park, the Sea Cliff Civic
Association will be hosting the much beloved Pet Parade- once again chaired by
Karen Kessler. While I don’t have a pet
to enter, I will be there to watch and enjoy the festivities. Before the fun begins, I will have some time
to read a good book- do you have something fast-moving and topical?
Pet Parade Enthusiast
Dear Pet Parade Enthusiast, A few weeks ago I read a
financial thriller with a strong feminist message: THE BANKER’S WIFE by Cristina
Alger. Annabel is living a luxurious expat life in Geneva, Switzerland with her
banker husband. The story opens as he and a wealthy woman client board a plane
which crashes in the Alps under very suspicious circumstances. Shortly after, bank officials arrive at
Annabel’s apartment to retrieve his laptop. Meanwhile, back in the United
States, a young journalist is assigned a story by her editor involving a series
of off shore banking schemes. When her editor is murdered on the same day as
Annabel’s husband dies, the two stories begin to merge. The women - in
alternating chapters and unknown to one another - delve into the corrupt
underbelly of international politics and banking. No one is to be trusted and
nothing is as it seems… a fast-moving novel and highly recommended!
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