Reckless by Andrew Gross

May 15, 2011, Hong Kong

Paperback 2010, 476 pages.

The story is about how a private investigator Ty Hauck and Treasury agent Naomi Blum worked together to uncover what initially was thought as a terrorist plot to bring down the financial system of the world. It turns out the plot was hatched by a group called Gstaad headed by none other than the Treasury Secretary and his former and current colleagues at a particular investment bank company Reynolds Reid. The chase got the agents to travel to various countries and do different types of detective work. While luck was always on the side of our protagonists, the plot is by and large plausible.

One may wonder whether political correctness led to the author’s choice of the ultimate villains, or he thought this would just add yet another twist to the story. I would not be disappointed if he had simply stuck with terrorism, but the plot line he used was okay.

Gross’s credits include working with James Paterson. He is certainly a better writer than Paterson (based on this one book). To the senior author’s credit, he endorses the book.