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Shadow Account : A Novel by Frey, Stephen W is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Shadow Account : A Novel about?
From Publishers WeeklyFrey's latest pecuniary adventure follows his formula of extremely complicated plots spun around illegal, high-level financial shenanigans. He's used it with variations before (The Takeover; The Legacy; The Insider; etc.), and despite clunky writing, implausible situations, lucky coincidences and untied threads, it proves perfectly serviceable once again. Investment banker Conner Ashby is checking his e-mail while beautiful girlfriend Liz Shaw lounges nude on his bed when he accidentally intercepts an interoffice memo that refers to improprieties in an entity named Project Delphi. The wayward communication states that this company is engaged in rampant corporate fraud: "Big expense accounts, undocumented loans, and tons of in-the-money option grants. Plus, the senior guys are hiring executive assistants who look like centerfolds but can't spell their own names." Shortly after Conner receives the message, an intruder breaks into his apartment and starts shooting. Conner is out the window and on the run; Liz is dead. The plot encompasses a mysterious presidential chief of staff who is out to either save his boss or do him in, a secretary of the treasury who has
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Frey, Stephen W
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780345457592
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (150 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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