The Devil's Banker
Author: Christopher Reich
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ISBN: 0385337272
Publisher: Delacorte Press (26 August, 2003)
Sales Rank: 22,248
Average Customer Rating: 3.74 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Best Suspense of the Year!!
I'm a book-a-week thriller reader and, as far as I'm concerned, THE DEVIL'S BANKER deserves the "thriller of the year" award.It's smart, exciting and as fresh as tomorrow's headlines.
Don't miss this one!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
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I have followed Reich's carreer since the bestseller Numbered Account. He lost me a little bit with The Runner,his second book,mostly because of the subject matter. I am not a big WWII fan.The First Billion was excellent,and now The Devil's Banker is on par with his best. From page one you are dragged into a true thriller... a can't put down winner. What I notice most is how he has matured as a writer. The character development is wonderful and you feel like you know all of the players by books end.
This is a must read!!!!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Reads about as exciting as an accountant's spreadsheet
Adam Chapel is a CIA agent who is actually a forensic accountant. He follows trails of money. There is an apparent plot for another terrorist attack in the US. To determine the source of the plot and to stop it, the CIA uses Adam Chapel to follow a trail of money which presumably would lead to the terrorists. Teaming with Chapel is British agent Sarah Churchill. They must race with time to prevent another disaster of at least equal proportion to 9/11.
A forensic accountant! Good G-d what will they think of next? Riech, a former banker, has written several previous novels concerning international high finance. All of them are considerably more successful thrillers than this one. There are many moments in this very long book that it reads about as exciting as an accountant's spreadsheet. The plot is highly predictable and the characters are, like this book, quite forgettable.
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