It takes the average reader 3 hours and 44 minutes to read The Trade by Karen Taylor
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The eighties are over. The champagne has gone flat. And the 'greed is good' culture is dead. Or is it? When investigative journalist Frances Alexander is mugged in Mayfair she finds herself recuperating at the river-side apartment of James Holland, a very handsome -- and very wealthy -- City trader.At the same time riots at an underground mine 9,000 miles away in Papua New Guinea leave hundred of people dead and chrominum prices rocketing.Someone is about to make a killing in the markets. And Frances thinks she knows who.But when the Evening Herald send her to investigate the riots, Frances realises she is a lot closer to dying than she cares to think. And she has to decide whether she is willing to trade her life to uncover the truth.From the cocktail parties of Park Lane, to grass-skirted orgies in Kiriwena Island, to the rolling beauty of the Scottish Highlands, 'The Trade' is a fast-paced thriller ripped straight from the headlines. 'A roller coaster of a read that will grip you until the last page.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Trade-Off.Karen Taylor is an author and journalist. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
The Trade by Karen Taylor is 218 pages long, and a total of 56,244 words.
This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 69% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 7 minutes to read The Trade aloud.
The Trade is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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