Peter James: Billionaire (UK 2015)

From the Publisher:
From Peter James, the award-winning author of the Roy Grace series, comes Billionaire, an exhilarating financial thriller.
City stockbroker Alex Rocq leads a comfortable life - with a luxury flat in London, a country cottage, a very expensive car and a lucrative job that still leaves time for leisure. But all this isn't enough. After receiving a tip-off, he decides to play the commodities market for himself. Except he soon learns the hard way that fortune doesn't always favour opportunity, and his luck comes to an abrupt end.

When he is offered the chance to write off his debts - in exchange for special services and silence - he can't believe his luck. But how far will a desperate man go to harness the unexpected forces of the power players around him?

Peter James: Billionaire. Pan, ISBN: 9781447256014 (December, 2015), 309 p., £7.99.

Peter James: Billionaire (UK 1984)

From the Publisher:
THE KILLING OF A LIFETIME
Gambling with other people's money doesn't satisfy sharp young metal broker Alex Rocq any more. He wants to join young the game himself - and he means to win.

But he's playing with fire on the international money market and he gets his fingers very badly burned. The only way to salve the situation is dangerous and desperate.

Alex Rocq decides to take the chance. He'll bend the rules, he'll cheat, he'll do anything required - and he'll keep it secret. If it pays enough. He might reach rock bottom, but he won't stop until he's a

Peter James: Billionaire. London: W.H. Allen / Star Books, 1984, ISBN: 0352314214, 259 p., £2.25.