The Marketmaker - Hardcover

Ridpath, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038525735X ISBN 13: 9780385257350

Publisher: Doubleday Canada, 1998

Synopsis

British brokerage firm Dekker Ward created and currently dominate the turbulent market in Latin American bonds. Their economic stranglehold is enforced by aggressive trading and smart decisions by Ricardo Ross, their most successful trader, better known as the Marketmaker. For disgruntled academic Nick Elliott, a job with Dekker's is his ticket to finally being able to carry his mortgage, and he is content to ride his luck as the new boy--until strange things start happening to Dekker employees. One top trader is fired, another dies in a bungled robbery. Nick falls for his colleague Isabel, and soon after she is kidnapped. Just what sort of business is he really involved in? And has he left it too late to run away?

About this title

About the Author:

Previously Head of Trading at Saudi International Bank, where he managed the largest junk bond portfolio in Europe, Michael Ridpath burst upon the book world with his first financial thriller Free to Trade. He is now a full-time writer and lives in North London with his wife and three children.

From AudioFile:

Through a pal, disgruntled academic Nick Elliott lands a job with the gonzo brokers who opened up the Latin-American market. Prosperity, here we come! Nick's desk used to be occupied by a trader who was murdered in a bungled robbery attempt. That's only the beginning of the suspicious circumstances that fuel the tension in this thriller. Neil Conrich's reading delivers authenticity and sharp characterization. Y.R. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday Canada
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 038525735X
• ISBN 13: 9780385257350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320