The international best seller: read the book that launched a genre. “If John Grisham were female, he might write a twisty thriller such as Nest of Vipers .” Fortune Magazine “Enough action, financial know-how and international hokey pokey to satisfy any reader." The New York Times Sarah Jensen is a brilliant but deeply troubled trader turned MI6 agent who goes undercover to investigate a bank suspected of major international fraud. The mission is far more dangerous than Sarah realizes. Suspect number one is Dante Scarpirato – rich, smart, uncomfortably attractive. Sarah’s investigation leads her deep into a world of deceit, ruthless power brokers and a doomed relationship with Scarpirato. As Sarah confronts criminals who will stop at nothing – even murder – to prevent her from finding the truth, she must confront her own deep and twisted secrets that have haunted her since childhood... But provide the only path to safety and redemption. Heralded by USA Today as the most talked about book of the year, Nest of Vipers is an international bestseller that launched the financial thriller genre and is written by one of the first women to step into the arena of global high finance. “Page turner.” Vanity Fair “Masterful misdirection." The Washington Post "Wall Street's answer to Scott Turow." - New Woman "A taut sexy thriller about corruption and general nastiness in the City." - Evening Standard "A stylish and very contemporary British thriller about international finance... feels about as real as a James Bond movie, but it satisfies in exactly the same flashy, fast-moving way." - Mademoiselle "Authentic, gripping, utterly fascinating." - Entertainment Weekly "The game of fast-track money deals is as much an aphrodisiac as power and forbidden sex in this financial thriller. In Davies's universe, manipulating markets and people is sport, a turn-on for her loose-cannon heroine, Sarah Jensen, a beautiful and successful currency trader. Sarah, orphaned at eight, also has a penchant for risk-taking and self-destructive behavior. Meanwhile, it becomes clear that the man who set Sarah up as a mole is himself a puppet for a ruthless honcho in narcotics intelligence. This gripping read reveals a flashy merchant class and a moral void - akin to an upholstered pit in a gambling casino. (Film rights to MGM; Literary Guild main selection)" - Kirkus Reviews "If John Grisham were female, he might write a twisty thriller such as Nest of Vipers." - Fortune Magazine "Page turner." Vanity Fair "Masterful misdirection." The Washington Post "Davies, herself a former merchant banker, does a terrific job of explaining the inner workings of foreign-exchange markets and of creating a sense of the supercharged atmosphere in which the traders do their deals." - People "Enough action, financial know-how and international hokey pokey to satisfy any reader." - The New York Times With the publication of her debut novel, Nest of Vipers, a book that would become a celebrated international bestseller, Linda Davies launched a new genre and a new career. But long before the global book deals and stellar reviews in the New York Times, Linda was logging 80 hour work weeks as one of the first women investment bankers in the City of London. At nights and weekends, she'd squeeze in time working on her first novel. Born in Scotland and raised in South Wales, Linda inhaled books as child and dreamed of becoming a writer. But she was the daughter of an economist and a homemaker, and therefore, raised to be practical. So she went into investment banking instead. For the next eight years she worked in the City of London where she saved her running away money. One day, to her horror, she figured out a way to commit the perfect financial crime. After considering it for 3 seconds, she opted to instead write a novel about it.18 months later, she decided to confront reality and test whether it really had been wise to give up her day job. She pitched her book to an agent... A week later he presented her with a stunning book deal that would see Nest of Vipers published in over 30 territories and optioned by MGM Studios. Since publishing Nest of Vipers, Linda Davies has gone on to publish twelve more books, seven for adults and five for children, which collectively have sold millions of copies and won various awards. She has lived in Peru and the Middle East with her husband and three children. In 2005, in what could have been ripped from the pages of her own books, she and her husband were kidnapped, interrogated and held prisoner in Iran. She went on to write about this experience and what she learned from it in her first work of non-fiction, Kidnapped.Linda's fast-paced page turners explore risk, identity, temptation and who we really are, when the things we value most have been taken away.