Panama Papers Redux
Cristina Alger’s “The Bankers Wife” is
not a work of literature, but it makes for a good summer read. There are three
very strong female characters that make the novel work. And it is these three
women who uncover a vast money laundering scheme created by the Swiss United
bank to hide the cash behind mobsters, fraudsters, terrorists and the Bashir
Assad family of Syria.
The women are Annabel the wife of
Matthew a Swiss United banker who dies mysteriously in a plane crash; Marina
the fiancé of Grant the son of a New York real estate developer who is running
for president and Zoe, Matthew’s assistant who collects documents outlining
Swiss United’s scheme. Marina worked
previously as an investigative reporter whose boss dies in a presumed robbery
gone bad in Connecticut.
Alger interlaces her plot by going back
and forth between the three women who are all working independently to find out
the extent of Swiss United’s nefarious deeds. Of course Annabel is highly
interested in how and why her husband died and she puts to good use her art
curator skills in examining evidence.
There is a fast paced conclusion with a
few people dying along the way as the truth is ultimately revealed. The book is
entertaining.
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