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Date Posted: 13:36:05 06/11/02 Tue
Author: mt. healthy mountaineer
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ANHOW Review of Books: "Nest of Vipers" by Linda Davies

Genre: thriller
Published:Doubleday, 1995

This book features Sarah Jensen, a young, gorgeous, exceedingly bright (When are we going to have a book about an ugly, old not-so-bright heroine?) currency trader who is asked by the British version of the Federal Reserve President to go undercover at a trading house and see if they are using inside information to make millions of pounds. Much trouble ensues.

I was attracted to this book because it dealt with currency trading, something I don't even begin to understand. I understand how you can make money on it, but I still don't get why it was even started to begin with - it seems parasitical and absolutely unnecesary to me - at least with stocks and bonds you are actually funding the growth of a company or loaning the government money. Oh well, beside the point, really...

Its an okay book. The female lead is a little too well-connected (she always knows just the right person to help her when she needs something) and I was kind of bugged that the characters used dollars and pounds interchangeably in their financial wheelings and dealings. Maybe that's the reality of international currency exchange and the power of the United States. If so, "Go USA!"

Back to the book - I give it a "C-". Its better than reading nothing, but you might want to read an old National Geographic instead.

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