The Darlings: An absolutely gripping crime thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat

I started off this book not being really sure if I liked it or not, but actually ended up really enjoying it by the end. It was set in the high finance world of hedge funds, stocks and shares etc. so a lot of it went completely over my head to be honest, and I did skip over descriptive parts of this, not knowing what the heck they were talking about(!), but once I got over this I really enjoyed the parts about the Darling family and the associated people surrounding them. The story is about the very rich Darling family, the head of which is Carter Darling, who has dragged himself up from nothing and made it to the top of the financial tree. His wife and daughters have wanted for nothing. But then a partner/good friend commits suicide and their financial world is thrown into turmoil when it turns out a hedge fund he was managing is actually a Ponzi scheme and billions of dollars are missing. Of course then it's every man/woman for themselves with people being thrown under the bus in an effort to save their skins. The story is set over a short period and labelled with each chapter, so makes easy reading. It made you keep reading to find out who would come out of it relatively unscathed in the end, and who would end up in prison. The whole world was cutthroat though and definitely not one I'd like to live in! There were some really interesting characters, but quite a few of them, so I did find it hard to figure out who went where intially, and sometimes you wondered how they all fit together, but it all became clearer as the book went on. My favourites were Marina Darling and her husband Paul, they were the most honest ones just trying to live their lives and be happy. There was also a slight mystery/unanswered question about one character, so I did love the epilogue that tied up that loose end. In the end a book I really enjoyed.