Stephen Frey

Insider-trading thriller.

Jay West joins the arbitrage desk at a trading company, a special position for which he is not sure he is fully qualified. The head of the desk, Oliver Mason, though, pushes him there, assuring him that if he makes it to January he will get a million-dollar bonus. Quite an incentive.

Much of what the team does it guess what companies are likely to be the targets for a buy-out. Buying shares at the right time can mean raking in a huge windfall. Jay does his research and makes his recommendations. But sometimes Oliver and his top man, Bullock, made moves that got him thinking. And instructed him to do things that didn't always make sense. He starts to do a little investigating on his own.

After a coworker is murdered, Jay knows he has to watch his back. Indeed he does. Here is where it becomes Thriller, right to the end.

Good airplane reading.… (more)