A Shark Out of Water (John Putnam Thatcher Mystery)
At first glance, a banker-as-private eye seems a less than scintillating choice for  a mystery novel's hero, but it doesn't take long for Emma Lathen's protagonist, John  Putnam Thatcher, to win the reader's heart and mind inShark Out of Water.  Putnam, a Wall Street banker, is in Gdańsk trolling for new investment  opportunities when a whistle-blowing member of a European consortium turns up dead.  In the course of solving the murder, Putnam also delivers a neat explanation of  international finance, which is nearly as fascinating as the crime itself. Money, murder,  and an exotic setting--Lathen delivers the goods with style and panache.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.