Publisher’s
write-up:
‘Killing Wall Street is a timely thriller about the terrible consequences of corporate
greed and the unimaginable power of working class rage.
Catherine
is a working class single mother who is living on the edge of a breakdown.
After the financial crisis ruins what little is left of her life, she decides
that she has had enough, and plots a shocking revenge against the system that
has victimized her.
FBI
Agent Michael Sands barely comes off a big case and is immediately put in
charge of a very strange investigation. Someone is killing high-profile CEOs,
bankers and lawyers connected with a multi-billion dollar merger, and the agent
must figure out how to stop the killer. But as Michael investigates, he
discovers that the victims were all hiding a deadly secret.
The
stakes keep escalating for both Catherine and Michael as they encounter the
frightening reality of financial power and are confronted with impossible moral
choices at every step.’
Killing Wall Street is a thriller novel
written by the former investment banker, Sanjay Sanghoee. It features
Catherine, a struggling single mother caught in the economic crisis and ends up
facing a pay cut. Totally frustrated, she decides to direct her frustration on
the system that has put her into this position, and begins by targeting a
particular merger involving a series of frauds and vested interests. On the
other side is FBI agent Michael Sands, who is investigating the murders of high
profile people in the corporate world.
The author narrates Catherine’s story in
first person, something that I liked as I could easily analyse her character
owing to that. Her outburst at the present system expressed through excellent
analogies was something that I particularly enjoyed in this novel. Moreover,
the author had hidden so many aspects of her life brought out at the right
time, adding to interesting twists in the tale. Michael Sands too, was an
interesting personality who threw away an aristocratic life in order to create
his own identity. The characters were my favourite part of the novel. Added to
that, Catherine’s meticulous planning of her murders (a middle aged person
learning technology particularly was described very well along with her
increasing confidence and efficiency in execution following each murder.
On the other hand, it was a naïve notion
from Catherine that killing those involved in ONE corrupt merger deal could
reform the whole financial system and create a better tomorrow for her
daughter. Moreover, a couple of important things were left unexplained,
creating a loose end (I can’t reveal it; it’d end up as a spoiler). The ending
of the novel was rather shocking (although not exactly abrupt or bad) and you’d
lose all the respect that you had for Catherine all along (and yet again, I’m
not at liberty to disclose why).
To conclude, I’d say that I thoroughly
enjoyed reading this novel and it is always good to read a novel from an author
who is from the same field as you’d get the facts straight from the horse’s
mouth. This book would be thoroughly enjoyed by those who love crime novels
based on events in the financial circle. Weighing the pros and cons as stated
earlier, I’d award this book a seven on ten.
Rating
– 7/10
Have
a nice day,
Andy
