Final Venture

by Michael Ridpath

Book Overview

Michael Ridpath knows how to follow the money, something he did quite successfully in his previous financial thriller, The Market Maker. In Final Venture, his protagonist is Simon Ayot, a likable... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718143205
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Penguin
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great Surprise

It's my first Ridpath's book and it was a worderful surprise. His narrative is easy and very well organized, keeping the reader's attention on the focus of the thriller: Simon's innocence and the mass arround his life after his father in law's murder. The determination on keeping his marriage with his loved, but mistrustfull wife, is an important ingredient in the story. The end is unpredictable but is reasonable. I reccomend this book for those who like a good thriller and for venture capitalists, who will find a intersting reading.

A mystery thriller that pleases...

I sometimes rate a novel by its skip factor, meaning how many sentences, paragraphs, or even pages I skip over because the text is not worth reading (does not contribute to the story, rambles, badly written, etc.). I'm happy to say this book had a very low skip factor as almost every word contributed to plot development and to a much lesser extent character development. A good who-done-it that keeps you involved in determining plot twists and culprits.This is a very strong foundation for the author who hopefully will strengthen other aspects of his chosen craft. Overall, a quick and breezey read.

Ridpath's best yet

This is an excellent book. Well written, easy to read, and a good plot. Ridpath writes a compelling story, and his character portrayal is first rate.

Amazing

I finished this book in three days time, most of it on sunday when I reached the second murder I knew I had to read to the end to find out who was causing havoc at Revere, the VC Company at the heart of Michael Ridpath's fourth novel.Only one comment; when is Ridpath's next book being published?

Very entertaining

This is Michael Ridpath third thriller. Like the other two it is set in the financial world. A lot of writers have to use their intricate knowledge of a certain environment to hide the weakness of plot and character. Ridpath does not. The plot is tight, the characters are likeable and the story is told very well.Basically, it is a simple story. In the venture capitol world there is always a lot of money at stake. Here it concerns investments in Bio One which stands to make a lot of money for the firm Simon works for.Then, one of the senior partners is murdered and Simon has been the last to see him. More and more, people start to suspect Simon, including his wife.So he is on his own to proof his innocence and he knows the more he discovers the more the real culprit is on his trail.The classic ingredients for a good novel and that is all Ridpath produces; no complex characters, no moral highgrounds, just simple entertainment.