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Reviews

City types fleeing their own woes by perusing even bigger ones will love new financial-market thriller Latent Hazard. Mail on Sunday

Former financials analyst and one-time professor at City University, Piers Venmore-Rowland has published his debut novel, Latent Hazard, set against the background of a banking crisis and market turmoil. Venmore-Rowland uses his knowledge of the City to weave a tale of “conspiracy, suspense and political intrigue”. Express

This spooks-meets-financial-markets story comes with a dash of real estate. Our verdict: Unmissable.

Estates Gazette

The world of banking is on its knees. Meanwhile, the terror threat is ever present. Sound familiar? These are the foothills of a novel by Piers Venmore-Rowland. Two years in the writing, the former City man would appear to be as much soothsayer as author... Certainly Piers has put to good use the knowledge gleaned from keeping a weather eye on the financial sector from his various perches down the years. Banks sailing close to the wind in the past gave him the ammunition for a story which turned out to be more pertinent to the present than even he could have imagined. The Sentinel

Art mirrors real life in debut novel - A terrifying world where terrorism and the credit crunch come together is painted in the debut novel by a former Hertford schoolboy. Piers Venmore-Rowland’s book Latent Hazard is set against the background of a credit crunch; it weaves in a story about how terrorists may raise cash for their evil deeds. It is a thinking person’s thriller. The book is packed full of action and suspense, but it also gives you something to think about and has a plot that keeps you guessing. Mercury

An extremely modern and topical thriller made all the more interesting by the current ongoing economic crisis. Fast paced, informative and action packed, this thrilling story of political and economic intrigue also offers up credible solutions to this nations political and financial problems... Assistant Manager, Waterstone’s, Newton Abbot

Scarily convincing! This book is a mesmerising read! An innocent man is whisked from a brutal MI5 interrogation into the heart of the biggest terrorist conspiracy to hit the Western world. I don’t want to give away too much for obvious reasons, but the sheer detail, breakneck pace and terrifying accuracy of the story make this book an absolute must-read for all! If any politicians read this, please take Piers Venmore-Rowland’s thankfully fictional story to heart and make sure it never happens here. The Fiction Guru - Amazon Customer Review

I Do not usually like terrorist novels, but this is way above the normal standard. Brilliantly written with a clever & unusual plot. A bit like "Spooks". I could not put it down after the first chapter. I hope this guy can maintain the standard in further novels. Lotsofbooks “Ken” - Amazon Customer Review

Latent Hazard

Waterstone’s eBook Sales Rank - 19th February 2010

Within two weeks of its eBook launch at Waterstone’s, Latent Hazard - on the edge has climbed to # 109 in their Genre Fiction category comprising 3,342 eBooks and to # 436 in their All Fiction category of 17,542 eBooks.

Waterstone’s eBook Sales Rank - 22nd February 2010

# 115 out of 9802 eBooks for All Fiction priced at less than £5.

At # 16 for Genre Fiction priced at less than £5 out of 1600 eBooks,

and at # 55 for 5* All Fiction eBooks.

Waterstone’s eBook Sales Rank - 10th March 2010

# 2 in Genre fiction eBooks priced at < £5,

# 8 in Romance out of 3053, # 10 out of 9926 in All Fiction priced at <£5,

# 22 in Genre Fiction and # 69 among the 18249 all fiction eBooks.

Waterstone’s eBook Sales Rank - 13th April 2010

Latent Hazard - on the edge sales increase again.

Now ranked at # 7 in All Fiction eBooks (out of 14,919)

# 4 in Genre Fiction (out of 2,420) and

# 1 in Romance (out of 2,220 )

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