Wholly convincing...an efficient, exciting thriller. -- New York Times Book Review
There has not been as good an espionage writer in god knows how long. -- Chicago Sun-Times
A great and gripping yarn, full of secret maneuverings and surprising plot twists. David Ignatius combines his intimate familiarity with tradecraft and his storytelling skills to create a great read for those fascinated by novels of intrigue and high adventure. -- William Colby, former director of Central Intelligence
A great and gripping yarn, full of secret maneuverings and surprising plot twists. David Ignatius combines his intimate familiarity with tradecraft and his storytelling skills to create a great read for those fascinated by novels of intrigue and high adventure. -- William Colby, former director of Central Intelligence
Total entertainment! David Ignatius, as usual, is telling you something you don't know. This is the book of choice for your next airplane ride. -- Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist
Total entertainment! David Ignatius, as usual, is telling you something you don't know. This is the book of choice for your next airplane ride. -- Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist
An exciting and suspenseful novel, a worthy successor to Agents of Innocence and Siro. Its Grisham-like plot keeps the reader absorbed to the very end. -- Richard Helms, former director of Central Intelligence
An exciting and suspenseful novel, a worthy successor to Agents of Innocence and Siro. Its Grisham-like plot keeps the reader absorbed to the very end. -- Richard Helms, former director of Central Intelligence
A superb page-turner of the post-Cold War world-of greed, computers, money laundering, and, of course, the old standby, the CIA. Ignatius proves that the international thriller, with real villains, is alive and well in the New World Disorder. -- Robert Gates, former director of Central Intelligence
A superb page-turner of the post-Cold War world-of greed, computers, money laundering, and, of course, the old standby, the CIA. Ignatius proves that the international thriller, with real villains, is alive and well in the New World Disorder. -- Robert Gates, former director of Central Intelligence
There are doors journalists can't open. And there are doors novelists don't know enough to open. The great virtue of this novel, aside from the enthralling story it tells, is that it takes the reader through the secret doors. The Bank of Fear will keep you up late. -- Ken Auletta
There are doors journalists can't open. And there are doors novelists don't know enough to open. The great virtue of this novel, aside from the enthralling story it tells, is that it takes the reader through the secret doors. The Bank of Fear will keep you up late. -- Ken Auletta
Mindless, crude blockbusters have left serious thriller readers starved. But David Ignatius's The Bank of Fear is a five-course feast! Intelligent, compelling, worldly, and as well-written as it is well-informed. -- Michael M. Thomas, author of Black Money
Mindless, crude blockbusters have left serious thriller readers starved. But David Ignatius's The Bank of Fear is a five-course feast! Intelligent, compelling, worldly, and as well-written as it is well-informed. -- Michael M. Thomas, author of Black Money
