Since November 2009Book News: Bad Money by Louise Patten
July 6th, 2009 by LeahBad Money is Louise Patten’s debut novel and will be released on September 3rd. It sounds like a good read - perfect for fans of Louise Bagshawe. The synopsis reads:
Mary Kersey, the breadwinner in her family, juggles her job as a high-flying management consultant at Lock Chase with trying to be a good mother to her 8-year-old daughter Grace and keeping Trister, her husband’s ancestral home in Suffolk, in a decent state of repair. It is enough to challenge the most organised of women. When the headmistress of Grace’s boarding school calls to say that Grace is acutely homesick and should come home, the demands on Mary’s time and energy become almost overwhelming. Dr Alan Dove is CEO of biotechnology company, Pneumatech. He wants to buy a competitor who specialises in cosmetics, F-ACE.
They’d be a perfect fit if only he could afford them. Enter Ivan Strawe, evil genius head of M & A at Wolkenbank, who’ll find a way to lower the F-ACE share price with the help of a hedge fund that’s only too happy to help. Of course there’ll be a nice little cut for all of them once the deal goes through. Meanwhile Mary, who surprisingly retains a conscience in this dog-eat-dog world, is recruited by the Treasury to investigate dodgy dealings at hedge funds. Her world and that of Dove and Kona are set on a collision course…
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Quite frankly, I can’t even be bothered to read the summary because of the horrible cover. It has potential with London in the background, but then the bad fond and the strange female silhuette ruin it all. Shame though.