- Paperback: 414 pages
- Publisher: McArthur & Company (7 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1552784894
- ISBN-13: 978-1552784891
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,009,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book because I had read all Linda Davies' previous books and I like thrillers centred around the financial world. Initially I was disappointed because this book has nothing to do with the City or dealing or banking and is therefore a complete departure from her other books. However that said it is well written, with rounded believable characters and once the scales fall from the heroine's eyes about her new husband and his evil mother it becomes very gripping and hard to put down. Reminded me to a degree of Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier but definitely based in the modern world. Altogether a good read with a feeling of menace always lurking in the background.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've read Nest of Vipers, Wilderness of Mirrors and totally loved them. I could read them again and again. Something Wild was disappointing because it totally deviated from her previous 'banking' books. Her latest - Final Settlement is also disappointing. Davies has set such a high standard with her first two novels but branching out into romance is just not her. Davies should 'bring' Sarah Jensen (as well as the Governor of the Bank of England and the Director of MI6)and Cassie Stewart (as well Eva Cunningham)back in new stories where the plot centres around the world of banking, the world which Davies knows so well.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As the other reviewers suggest, this book is a shock for Linda Davies' fans. Gone are the strong women of her earlier books, also missing the wonderfully detailed insights into the world of high-stakes finance/banking. All that Morganna Hutton (such a trite name) knows about money is how to spend it. Oh yes, she paints a bit, too.
This is a romance, not a thriller. What's with this trend of great thriller-writers selling out to produce pulp romances? Michelle Spring did the same thing last year with The Night Lawyer. It's maddening! Weren't the good novels selling well enough?
Here's hoping that Davies comes to her once-sharp senses and gives us more strong women and dangerous action.
This is a romance, not a thriller. What's with this trend of great thriller-writers selling out to produce pulp romances? Michelle Spring did the same thing last year with The Night Lawyer. It's maddening! Weren't the good novels selling well enough?
Here's hoping that Davies comes to her once-sharp senses and gives us more strong women and dangerous action.
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