I am so sorry. I just found this book a little dull and far too much irrelevant information. Did not finish

‘Something is rotten in the state of Denmark’. For Denmark, substitute New York City, specifically Reis Capital Management led by Morty Reis. The SEC are about to swoop as to say the least there is financial irregularity, a major fraud which seems to be a Ponzi scheme of Madoff proportions.

Carter Darling (sorry but I keep expecting to hear Tinkerbell!) is the CEO of Delphic, a multi million/billion/gazillion financial institutions and Delphic has a 30% investment in RCM. As the family gather in where else but The Hamptons for Thanksgiving the knives are out. Who will take the fall? Be the sacrificial lamb? Thrown to the investigative wolves? Carter believes in family first, play by the rules (but who’s rules??) as long as you save your own neck and let truth take a backseat.

Well for me that is about as interesting as it gets. The financial ins and outs are very complex which is fine, I’m not an idiot and I don’t expect things to be dumbed down and I was quite prepared to let that wash over me in return for a darn good yarn. My hopes were for ‘Dirty Sexy Money’ meets ‘Billions’ with a nice bit of ‘Revenge’ and ‘The Good Fight’ chucked in for good measure. What we actually get is so many personalities with so many irrelevant back stories that interrupts the meat of the story and so that gets utterly lost in the morass. Most of the characters are unlikable with the exception of his son in law Paul and his daughter Merrill who are both decent and hardworking. There are an awful lot of coincidences as well that stretch your credulity. However, there are some sections that I really enjoy just a shame that it is interrupted by a section on yet another character. The end is quite twisty but I can’t say it is a great surprise.

Overall, an average read which is a shame because the premise is interesting although perhaps it’s been done in television programmes!.

Thanks to NetGalley and Hodder and Stoughton - a republication????

It was a very insightful novel, with a strong cast of characters. I enjoyed the storyline very much and would definitely reccomend this book.