- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Headline Book Publishing; New edition edition (4 Nov 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747266867
- ISBN-13: 978-0747266860
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.9 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 932,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'A fast and exciting story'
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We last met her in Nest Of Vipers, Linda Davies' bestselling first thriller about the young city trader turned MI6 agent. Then she was a woman with a host of secrets and a haunted past. Now Sarah Jensen is back again, running from a love which was too big to handle, hiding her baby son from the father who does not know he exists. A woman with more at stake than ever, and more to fear. Something Wild is an absolutely thrilling novel, the story of a woman who was once tough, but is now vulnerable, her skills blunted by motherhood. A woman at bay.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After reading Nest of Vipers a few years ago, I've always kept a roving eye out for Linda Davies' books - which never seem to feature particularly prominently in British bookstores. This is a pity because she writes really good thrillers. The heroine of her first book - Sarah Jensen - is back with a bang in Davies' latest novel. Clearly the substantial gap between her last book and this latest one is as a result of marriage and kids, as Davies' experiences as a mother play a key role in the ongoing character development of Sarah Jensen (though where Jensens' negative attitude towards men comes from I'm not quite sure). It's genuinely very difficult to put the book down, but is also sufficiently lightweight in thinking ability to be able to read pretty quickly. My twin sister came over to see me yesterday - she picked up the book, read the book flap, said it looked [rubbish], read the first page, and she was still reading five hours later. Case closed.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Pop music has always had an ambiguous relationship with money. Ever since Elvis music has been regarded as seductive and threatening to the established order - but also as a high road to fame, riches, and the adoration of the opposite sex. In the popular media the pop music business, precisely because it IS popular, enjoys or suffers a degree of exposure that few other industries get. The British tabloid press is more associated with sex than securitisation. What or who could possibly get a bond issue into the headlines? The answer is David Bowie. By some his bond deal in the late 1990's was regarded as a form of "selling out" - as if icons of his calibre had never been interested in money before! By others the deal was regarded as giving banking a bit of rock and roll glamour. Both viewpoints were somewhat superficial. If you dig deeper there is a much more interesting and enlightening story, as this novel reveals.
Something Wild is mystery set in the music business. The plot hinges on the attempt to set up a "Bowie bond" deal and Linda Davies succeeds in plotting a path through the maze so that the people who would not normally touch the financial pages of a newspaper can appreciate what is involved and the complexities of securing such a deal serve to build up the tension of the plot. The central figures of the story are a charismatic rock star - who comes across as a composite of Bruce Springsteen, John Denver and Robert Redford - an a beautiful banker, Sarah Jensen who will be familiar to readers of Linda Davies's first novel, Nest of Vipers. During the Watergate scandal in America which brought down President Nixon in 1974, the informant known as "Deep Throat" told investigative reporters to "follow the money" to get to the bottom of the mystery. This is what Something Wild does. By following a fictional Bowie bond deal it sheds new light on the world of rock music.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Another superb nailbiter - the detail of her activities is enough to draw you in, but not too much that baffles or bores you.
New, interesting plot, with angles not previously written to death by others.
Would do well not to go on and on about breastfeeding - I'd have to warn any man I recommended to read the book to persevere and read past these mostly unecessary bits. Hope she hasn't gone gooey since having her own children.
New, interesting plot, with angles not previously written to death by others.
Would do well not to go on and on about breastfeeding - I'd have to warn any man I recommended to read the book to persevere and read past these mostly unecessary bits. Hope she hasn't gone gooey since having her own children.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
a great book
I have read this book quite a few time simply beacuase I love it, even though I know the story well, I still enjoy it, I love the way its is written, its fast pace, great... Read more
Published 3 months ago by bookworm
Bit of a yarn but is knitting baby clothes?
This is not up to Linda Davies's usual depth and complexity. However, the book is up to her usual ability to spin a page turning yarn - based in the world of banking. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2002
Patchy , may appeal to romance readers.
However how dark the cover is, this is a romance novel. It has all the characteristics of the Harlequins I read when I was 10 years old. Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2002 by LW Jolly
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