Amazon.co.uk Review
It's hardly surprising that John McLaren has already sold the film rights to
Black Cabs (along with his earlier
Press Send), as this powerful thriller moves with the velocity of an action-packed movie. Using three London cabbies as his protagonists, the uncompromising picture of London life on both sides of the river is idiosyncratic and astringent.
When three cabbies attempt to make a killing on the stock market by eavesdropping on the plans of a corporate magnate to engineer a huge take-over, they find they have taken on the sinister might of international banking community. The beleaguered heroes, Len, Terry and Einstein, soon find the sharp suits they are up against have no scruples about using extreme violence to protect their interests--a top financial executive is discovered dead in the back of a cab, and the boys are forced to investigate a monumental cover-up. A further turn of the screw is provided by Len's desperation for the money--on which his daughter's life depends.
McLaren, who was once a banking director, has an insider's knowledge of the financial world and is particularly cutting when it comes to fiscal shenanigans: "the predator has to join in the auction or walk away beaten. In the testosterone-ridden, ego-filled world of big business, succeeding with a hostile bid is one of the most admired martial arts". --Barry Forshaw
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Failed footballer and black cab driver Len desperately needs money for his seriously ill daughter. He and his cabbie mates Terry and Einstein hatch an ingenious scam: through eavesdropping on the scheming conversations of city investment bankers in the back of their cabs, they learn about a huge takeover at Skidder Barton, an ailing corporate sector company and plot to benefit themselves from the information. An excellent, fast-paced financial thriller from the author of Press Send that brings the bankers of London's Square Mile and the 'Robin Hood' cabbies to life in a battle of self-interest vs solidarity. (Kirkus UK)
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