City of Thieves

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A controversial page-turning thriller set in the days leading up to the credit crunch, and a potent indictment of the financial sector's greed, by a real-life financial analyst Nic Lamparelli works for a leading United States investment bank in London. Having started at the bottom, he rose rapidly through the ranks to reach the pinnacle of his profession. Even at the top, he holds true to his principles while those around him abandon theirs, and that's what makes him special. Soon he has it all: a beautiful girlfriend, a high-flying career, and an overpaid City job with a reputation as one of the bank's star analysts. Then one day he wakes up to find that things can go wrong, fast. His closest childhood friend Jack, also a star in the City, uncovers a plot to implicate Nic in an insider-trading ring—and that is just the start. Before long, everything Nic has builtup starts to crumble to pieces, including his relationship, his career, and his reputation. Can he hold true to his principles in the face of everything, or will he succumb to temptation like so many others?