From the Publisher
Billions of dollars flow through Jason Dunn's banking office
each year. When he suffers a series of career setbacks and his marriage begins
to crumble, he and his attractive new assistant devise a plan to disappear with
a slice of the bank's cash flow. The unwelcome appearance of his brother on the
scene, just released from prison, threatens to sidetrack Jason's plans. But
Jason's brother "Flip" has his own problems with a parole officer who
isn't fooled by this dangerous parolee. In the race to the jackpot between
Jason and Flip, and the unwinding of their troubled history, the question soon
becomes, Who will get burned?
My Take
I have to say
this book was difficult to “get into”. The story line was kind of sluggish for
the first 100-125 pages and it was tough to keep going. Once the story line
picked up, it was pretty good. However, there was a lot of discussion about the
banking industry and Jason’s job. I’m an ex-auditor by trade (insurance, not
banking) but I do know a little bit about banking. Some of the processes talked
about in the book were even a little confusing to me. I understood the gist of
the process—enough to know about the plot (don’t want to spoil it!)--- but I
think some readers would be even more lost reading it.
The thought
process going into the money theft from the bank was pretty interesting and I
liked how some of it was actually thought out. After the way Jason had been
treated in some of his bank dealings, I could understand some sort of vendetta
against them. When the story line was moving quickly, it was a page-turner but
the momentum wasn’t always there.
I think
Berrier is technically a good writer, has done his research and can describe a
picture very well. In my opinion with his writing and maybe a modification to
the story line, this could have been a very good book. I hope he writes another
one soon—I’d like to see how he grows throughout his career. I’m giving this book a 3 out of 5 stars based
on the effort put into the writing.
Tyndale
has provided me with a complimentary copy of Cash Burn in exchange for my personal, unbiased review.
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