At 28, Michael Cantella is a rising star at Wall Street investment bank Saxton Silvers when the love of his life, Ivy Layton, vanishes on their honeymoon in the Bahamas. Seven years later, on the eve of his 35th birthday, Michael has a successful career, beautiful new wife, and piles of money. But when he logs into his investment accounts, he makes a horrifying discovery. Someone has wiped him out. His only clue is a new email message: "Just as Planned. xo xo." Broke and now facing divorce, Michael's got undercover FBI agents afoot, spyware on his computer, and mysterious emails from a "JBU." Embroiled in corporate espionage, he's desperate to clear his name. The signs point to his first wife. Could she be back from the dead to destroy him?
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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780792770305
- File size: 331533 KB
- Duration: 11:30:41
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- English
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Reviews
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Publisher's Weekly
January 11, 2010
Bestseller Grippando’s overwrought financial thriller gives its hero, Michael Cantella, almost as rude an awakening as Kafka’s Gregor Samsa. Scandals involving subprime lending, short selling, and Ponzi schemes provide a timely backdrop. On the eve of his 35th birthday, Cantella goes from being a star performer at a premier Wall Street investment firm to a financially wiped-out victim of identity theft. His Job-like troubles are just beginning as the fallout not only rocks his second marriage and his firm but sets him up for a life on the run. Grippando (Intent to Kill
) keeps the reader guessing why Cantella specifically is targeted and how the vicious and relentless personal attacks relate to the unexplained disappearance (and presumed death) of his first wife on their wedding day seven years earlier. Despite a few plot holes, the dramatic tension remains high with a sadistic hired killer, high-stakes wheeler-dealers, and plenty of cinematic escapes. -
AudioFile Magazine
When Michael Cantella, superstar investment banker, becomes the victim of identity theft, it sets in motion a series of events that ultimately exposes shady dealings in the world of high finance and brings it crumbling down. Narrator Jonathan Davis delivers a performance that is full of tense excitement that complements the story's fast-paced action. Characters come to life through subtle changes in Davis's voice. A weakness is that long pauses at the close of chapters bring one out of the moment. However, Grippando's action-packed story and Davis's consistent narration quickly re-engage the listener. J.R.G. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
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