Trading Reality

by Michael Ridpath

Book Overview

The excitement of million-dollar deals meets the daring of cold-blooded murder in this shocking financial thriller. Mark Fairfax is a young, gifted London bond trader with a high-paying job, a stellar track record and a beautiful girlfriend. His older brother, Richard, owns FairSystems, a small company poised to do for the virtual reality world what Bill Gates did for personal computers. But one dark night Richard is brutally murdered in his workshop...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061096369
• ISBN13: 9780061096365
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: HarperTorch
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Whodunit-type Thriller

This book can be described as a modern whodunit murder mystery with thriller and technological elements thrown into the plot line. The brother of a bond trader in London is murdered and the bond trader turns into CEO and entrepreneur when he takes over his brother's company. The company was on the verge of a technological breakthrough in Virtual Reality and this technology plays a major role as the story unfolds. Suspense mounts towards the end as the protagonist has to deal with managing the company, keeping it afloat and learning about the technology, while he also tries to discover who murdered his brother at the same time. His life is not made any easier by attempts at hostile take-overs, attempts on his life and terrorism. To top it all, he also falls in love with one of his new employees! The author brings the book to a masterful conclusion when all the suspects are gathered in one location, as in true classical whodunit fashion, and the technology is employed to force the murderer to expose him/herself. The story flows well and the book is very difficult to put down.

Excellent Review

A true thriller. Micheal Ridpath's excellent thriller "Trading Reality" keeps you on the edge of your reading chair, the bookmark will be permanentley out, if you like commercial fiction, you'll love Trading Reality

Pushing the reader into the worlds of trading and murder

Trading Reality combines three of my lifes loves - commodity trading, computer reality, and a great murder mystery. Tautly written, and played out until the final page, the reader will find this work hard to put away. I look forward to Ridpath's next effort.

First rate thriller

A very good read: well crafted and combines interesting insights into the worlds of both technology and finance.

You won't be able to put it down! I couldn't.

The best book I've read this year. If you are interested in computers, investing, and mysteries, this book should be at the top of your "To Read" list. You won't be disappointed.