The Insider
Represented by:
Laura Longrigg
Category:
Fiction
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Publication date:
May-09
Foreign rights controlled by:
MBA
Foreign rights sold:
Italy: Piemme, Poland: Albatros, Spain: Circulo de Lectores, France: Presses de la Cite, Holland: De Fontein; Germany: Droemer; Czech: Euromedia; Norway: Cappelen Damm; Russia: Bertelsmann; China: Phoenix; Taiwan: Spring International; Bulgaria: Uniscorp
Four weeks in Heatseekers bestselling chart; Sainsburys Book Club Book of the Month
When €12m shows up in Harry’s bank account and somebody slams her under a train, she figures the two events must be connected. When the connection turns out to be her own father, her life takes a chilling turn. Based in Dublin, Harry Martinez is a computer hacker turned security professional who gets paid to break the law. Her father, Sal Martinez, charmer, investment banker and high stakes poker player, was once Harry’s childhood hero. But he’s driven her away with a lifetime of broken promises and now he’s in prison. He belongs to an insider trading ring, whose leader is a cold-blooded killer called THE PROPHET. The Prophet reckons the €12m is his, and he’ll stop at nothing to get it back. Then one of the insider traders ends up dead and it looks like Harry’s next. The Prophet gives Harry 48 hours to hand over the €12m, but suddenly the money disappears. Can Harry swallow her pride and go to her father for help, or can she find the money herself in the most daring and dangerous computer scam she has yet attempted?
Reviews
"an edge-of-your-seat thriller.. Harry Martinez is one of the most likeable heroines I've read in a long time!"Irish Independent
"What a delight. This is a book with an impressive grasp of computers and Texas Hold 'Em, not to mention a heroine whom we can truly root for."Daily Mail
"This is a storming debut thriller with a central character who is a clear-eyed, non-sentimental soul sister of Val McDermid's Kate Brannigan or Sara Paretsky's VI Warshawski."The Irish Times
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