In the cut-and-thrust world of banking, a private bank can be the most dangerous place in the City to work, especially if a very rich and determined family own a quarter of it and decide things aren't being done to their liking. Joe, head of Trading and Investment, a very private character with a colourful past, finds out to his cost that he stands in the way of the Maitlands. Once his colleague Gina is brutally raped and murdered, and Locke, Head of Personnel, is run down in the street, left for dead, he finds he cannot prevaricate any longer. Having always looked after number one, he now finds his loyalties to the head of the bank, plucky old Johnny, confuse his options. But what of his own safety? And what will happen to Emma, the first woman he has been able to open up to? A racy thriller set in the City, DOMUS number two in the series, is packed full of action and intrigue. 'The books offer a marvellous romp through the worlds of journalism, espionage and finance... The pace and spirit of the novels are superb... The struggle between the invading forces and the staid gentility of the British establishment gives the novels much of their action... It is the underlying theme of class conflict that truly drives [the series]. The attempts by the characters to break free from Britian's predetermined pigeonholes and alter their destinies give the novels their deeper grip... Roll the sequel.' The Wall Street Journal Europe
