A financial noir thriller set in Zürich, A Most Private Bank by Andreas F. Clenow has all the ingredients of an eventful read with references to international finances and transborder crime. With a diverse and interesting cast of characters, the action follows one week and a bit from the life of Jim Dixon, an asset manager with a shady professional history and a couple of secrets as precious as a Swiss bank.
When a young heiress is knocking at his door for professional help, he thought things are gonna be easy, but Christina Rosenbaum is not as easygoing as he expected. And, it seems that old ghosts can´t wait to get back in touch with him.
As the action takes place in the highest echelons of high finance, there are enough explanations helping the reader to understand the context, and the language is usually accessible to a larger audience. If you don´t know anything about the secrecy of Swiss banks, maybe you better not read this book at all, but this is basic knowledge for anyone living in today´s world.
Although the action is well paced and portioned given the relatively short amount of time alloted to the story, I would have expected more characters development. But otherwise, the twists are interesting and you will not get bored, for sure. The writing is direct inviting the reader to get involved mentally into the enfolding story.
Andreas F. Clenow is a Swedish-Swiss asset manager and entrepreneur and author of several fiction and non-fiction books.
Rating: 3 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour, but the opinions are, as usual, my own.
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