Numbered Account

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NUMBERED ACCOUNT
In his explosive debut thriller, Christopher Reich tells the harrowing story of a young man willing to risk everything—his career, his Integrity, and even his life—to hunt down his father's killer. Set in the secret, labyrinthine world of Swiss banking, Numbered Account, with its detail and intelligence, could have been written only by an insider—the author himself worked at a major Swiss bank for three years.
Former U.S, marine and Harvard Business School graduate Nicholas Neumann seems to have It all: a dream job, a beautiful fiancée, a future bright with promise. But beneath the dazzling veneer of this golden boy is a man haunted by the brutal killing of his father seventeen years before. And when new evidence Implicates the venerable United Swiss Bank In the crime, Nick finds himself willing to do whatever it takes to uncover the truth.
Leaving behind everything he holds dear, Nick takes a Job In Zurich with the United Swiss Bank, and Is soon plunged into a... Tovább

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NUMBERED ACCOUNT
In his explosive debut thriller, Christopher Reich tells the harrowing story of a young man willing to risk everything—his career, his Integrity, and even his life—to hunt down his father's killer. Set in the secret, labyrinthine world of Swiss banking, Numbered Account, with its detail and intelligence, could have been written only by an insider—the author himself worked at a major Swiss bank for three years.
Former U.S, marine and Harvard Business School graduate Nicholas Neumann seems to have It all: a dream job, a beautiful fiancée, a future bright with promise. But beneath the dazzling veneer of this golden boy is a man haunted by the brutal killing of his father seventeen years before. And when new evidence Implicates the venerable United Swiss Bank In the crime, Nick finds himself willing to do whatever it takes to uncover the truth.
Leaving behind everything he holds dear, Nick takes a Job In Zurich with the United Swiss Bank, and Is soon plunged into a worid where everything—loyalty, power, even life and death—can be bought and sold for the right price. As the secrets of the venerable bank are laid bare, suddenly Nick knows far too much—about the offer he never should have accepted, about the money he never should have handled, about the woman he never should have loved. And as the daricness gathers around him, Nick Is faced with
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a shattering truth: To catch the criminal who murdered his father, he must become a criminal himself.
A work of searing Intelligence and sheer storytelling genius, NumbendAccountls one of those rare thrillers that not only make you sweat, but make you think.
CHRISTOPHER REICH was born in Tokyo and grew up in Los Angeles. He worlced in the private banking department of a major Swiss bank in Geneva before joining the bank's department of mergers and acquisitions in Zurich. In 1995 he decided to pursue writing full-time. He lives in Texas with his wife and child.
Art Direction : Phil Rose Jacket Design, Photo Composite: Craig DeCamps Front Jacket Photo: Will Ryan
Delacorte S Press
Printed in U.S.A.
iy^VANCg PRAISE FOR NUMBERED ACCOUNT
"A brilliant thriller that holds you in a vise grip fro^ first to ite ' last. Jt is the i^n^st ani^inost ^
in a while. If you liked 77ie Day Aftfir rpmprrdiv and /^solt^ Power,
j ' —Jal^esPatterson,authof of Ca|& Mouse
'A taut, sophisticated, and very well-written internatioi^^l thriller. Christopher ^ich, a f^^er i^ider, opens the X
vault dnd lets us p^^hside th|e inner sanctum of iiecret Swiss banking."; ~ ,
—Nelson DeMilfi», author of Niimi^sland (4 ^M
"Sleek, fastlmoving, up-to-date,
, Numbered Account vi'ttt satisfv
j every discerning thriller reader." i ~
-Peter Blauner, author of The Intruder
"Excellent a gripping tale| of murder, money and Immorality,"
"¦Publlshent Weekly, starred review
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