Nest of Vipers

By Linda Davies

Book Overview

Buy low. Sell high. Get out alive. Money is Sarah Jensen's playground. International markets. She's one of the most successful foreign-exchange traders in London; brilliant, beautiful, unpredictable--the perfect undercover agent to infiltrate the cutthroat Inter-Continental Bank and investigate questionable trading practices for the governor of the Bank of England. Her target is Dante Scarpirato, a smooth, arrogant highstakes trader who's making a killing in--and out of--the market. For Sarah, the ultimate risk-taker, he's the ultimate risk.... But the multimillion-dollar trading scheme she penetrates is only the tip of an international conspiracy, paid for in the currency of blood. Now Sarah, the hunter, is hunted, dangerous prey, determined to bring down the officials who betrayed her--and the assassins who have her in their sights.... Sarah Jensen returned from lunch at two-thirty. She took her seat at her trading desk and studied her four trading screens intently for five minutes. Then she picked up her telephone handset and executed a quick trade, closing out a position. It took thirty seconds. It made half a million pounds. With a smile and a flourish she switched off her screens, gathered up her handbag, and prepared to leave. David Reed, her colleague who sat next to her, looked up in surprise. "You can't leave now. It's just two-thirty." Sarah laughed and blew him a kiss as she headed off. "Watch me." And they did. Half the trading floor followed her progress as she crossed the room and disappeared into the lifts. At twenty-seven, Sarah Jensen had all the trappings of a normal life, albeit at a rarefied level. She was smart and beautiful. She was one of the top foreign-exchange traders in the City of London. She lived in a big house in Chelsea with her brother and her boyfriend. She had looks, love, and money. But she also had fear. From the Paperback edition.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440221900
• ISBN13: 9780440221906
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Island
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

wonderful woman

In the opening pages of the novel, Linda Davies' character Sarah Jensen is pronounced "perfect" by the Director of the Bank of England. This means trouble. Smart and strong (physically & emotionally) women are Davies' speciality. See also Widerness of Mirrors with its Vietnam setting and Into the Fire, for a breath-taking trip to Manchu Pichu. nb Get the Brit edition if you can, where the female hit-person is a lesbian. The American edition morphs her straight. Shades of Jerry Falwell?

exciting and thrilling

great story line, couldn't guess the ending. A pleasure to read!

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I EVER READ!!

I read this book in a day, and I just couldn't put it down. I really enjoyed the female heroine. I used to be a stockbroker in Denver, and really enjoyed the female heroine, and the vicarious thrills of her life!!!

Fast paced with a great woman lead

You'd think from the overwhelming number of suspense thrillers on the market with male lead characters that only guys could get out alive. What? Women can't live adventurous lives, foil the bad guys, and make good money along the way? Linda Davies has created an original character, a fun, fast-paced story, and a great vacation or "escape from thinking about your own life" story. I read this in London one very hot summer and enjoyed every moment of the book. I am sad that Ms. Davies hasn't written more. If you're looking for great literature, look elsewhere. But if you don't mind the "story over meticulous writing skills" of the leading suspense and legal thriller writers, you'll enjoy this book.

As intoxicating as a snakebite

If you are into Grisham and Stephen Fre, you will definitely like this book. It is well paced, and the character is really feisty. Personally , I liked the book, and was very satisfied with the characterization displayed.