Hedging

Smith & Wetzon #8

by Annette Meyers

An executive jet belonging to major hedge fund manager Jason McLaughlin explodes on the runway of Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. There are bodies to be identified.Soon after, a New York City hospital admits a new patient, singed, cut and bruised, suffering from hypothermia. She was found wandering in Central Park, her dress stained with blood. The blood is not hers. She remembers nothing before she woke in the hospital. She's a Jane Doe, or as she calls herself, Temporary Jane (T.J.)-- When her photo appears in the newspapers as Mary Lou Salinger, a possible survivor of the explosion, Xenia Smith recognizes her as Leslie Wetzon!"... well-plotted... The odd couple pairing of the extravagant, exuberant Smith and the bold and hard-headed Wetzon still plays well. Smith and Wetzon remain a formidable team." Publishers Weekly"A compelling opening followed by a fast-paced thriller keeps readers enthralled ..." Booklist"Satisfying high anxiety." Library Journal"... a fast moving and chilling tale of layer upon layer of secrets exposed. This one kept my lights burning." Mystery Lovers Bookshop News--

Genres: Mystery

346 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2005

About the author

Annette Meyers spent sixteen years on Wall Street as an executive search consultant, and is currently an arbitrator with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). She is a past president of Sisters in Crime and is secretary of the International Association of Crime Writers.

With her husband Martin Meyers, using the pseudonym Maan Meyers, she writes historical mysteries set in New York in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries.

--from her website

Series:
* Smith and Wetzon Mystery
* Olivia Brown Mystery

Reviews

[David Chess · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad book, but one that left me with a sort of "um, okay?" feeling, unsure of just why I'd read it.

It starts as a rather compelling amnesia thriller, as an injured woman with no memory of who she is runs from unknown killers.

But then less than halfway through, she finds (wealthy, powerful) people that know her, most of her memory returns, and I found myself much less interested.

[Ellen · Rating 2 out of 5]

It had a breathless beginning, and enough mystery in the first half to be intriguing, but when the protagonist resumed work in the NY headhunter office where she's a partner, it got too boring to finish.

[Lesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A return to this good series of mysteries, even if I feel that the 'bonk protag on head and give them amnesia' is a strategy employed by series writers who have gone a bit stale!