Meet Dave Hart. Dave is worried. He's an investment banker and it's not long until 'B' day, the most important day of the year. He's thinking what he would do with a million pounds. But we all know a million pounds just isn't what it used to be... At Bonus Time, No One Can Hear You Scream is the tale of one man's quest for his annual bonus in a world where ambition, insecurity and moral ambiguity are second nature to those who inhabit it. Sharply observed and extremely funny, this is a bri...

The voters have decided. Now find out what Brexit really means for the British way of life.From the bestselling author of Europe: In or Out comes the essential guide to post-Brexit Britain.For better or worse, many areas of daily life were transformed by the EU - from the air we breathe to the fuel in our cars, the food we eat and the way we organise work, rest and holidays.What Has the EU Ever Done for Us? explains all these key c...

Dave Hart is back in David Charters' third instalment of his cult City series. But the drugs, the women and the deals are no longer working, and Dave is bored. So he decides to shake things up again - and makes a pledge to save Africa. Suddenly, breaking the law, bullying the clients and donating their money to African charities in need are all par for the course - but is the party finally over for the self-proclaimed finance rock star?

Three novels featuring the anti-heroic banker, Dave Hart, the satirical creation of David Charters. This omnibus edition contains the novels 'At Bonus Time, No One Can Hear You Scream', 'Trust Me I'm a Banker' and 'The Ego Has Landed'.

Dave Hart is back. His wife has left him. He's tried to kill his boss. He's probably going to lose his job. His annual bonus was embarrassingly small. Could life get any worse for Dave Hart, anti-hero of the investment banking world? Following an unlikely turn of events on a Jamaican beach, Dave finds himself catapulted from zero to hero through the magic of the tabloid press. He's soon strutting into ailing German bank Grossbank, determined to shake up its fusty 'old school' banking and s...

Two novels and a collection of short stories, featuring the anti-heroic banker, Dave Hart, the satirical creation of David Charters. This omnibus edition contains the novels: 'Where Egos Dare', 'The Ego's Nest' and the short story collection, 'No Tears'.

Forty years ago, Britain joined the club of European nations. The idea was to guarantee peace and prosperity on the continent through 'ever closer union' following centuries of terrible wars. But after four decades of membership, costing the UK more than ?200 billion, public disenchantment with the European Union has never been so great. In Au Revoir, Europe David Charter, Europe Correspondent for The Times, looks at what went wrong - and what happens next. It charts Britain's increasing d...

70 years on the throne. 13 American presidents. One extraordinary queen.From the moment she first enchanted the world as a youthful princess, Queen Elizabeth II found a unique place in American hearts—and she also played an unprecedented role in forging transatlantic ties. Over her seventy-year reign, she developed extraordinary and varied personal bonds with thirteen U.S. presidents—Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, both Bush Sr. and Jr., Clinton, Obama, Tr...

70 years on the throne. 13 American presidents. One extraordinary queen.From the moment she first enchanted the world as a youthful princess, Queen Elizabeth II found a unique place in American hearts—and she also played an unprecedented role in forging transatlantic ties. Over her seventy-year reign, she developed extraordinary and varied personal bonds with thirteen U.S. presidents—Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, both Bush Sr. and Jr., C...

We all know the truth about the Square Mile... Don't we? What goes on in the City is the stuff of legend. Degrading interview processes. Booxy lunches that last well into the early hours. High-risk decisions made whilst still suffering from the night before. Humiliating firings in front of colleagues. A former senior investment banker, David Charters has seen it all. In No Tears, his cult collection of City-based short stories, he finally reveals the secrets of the Square Mile with brutal ...

The real problem is that when we disclose the size of our losses, the market - which is to say, our major institutional shareholders - will expect top management to take responsibility. That means me. They might even expect me to fall on my sword. I'm not a falling on my sword type. Why should I? I genuinely have very little understanding of anything that goes on here, so why expect me to take responsibility for it?' The fourth of David Charters' hilarious financial satires set in the City...

Under witness protection and eking out a living in a failing book store in Montreal, Peter Oulton is a haunted, wanted, hunted man. Haunted by the loss of his wife Abby Sinclair, and by the memory of a massacre in Bosnia he failed to prevent. Wanted by the perpetrator, a war criminal known as The Butcher, convicted and imprisoned on the strength of Peter’s testimony, but freed by powerful friends and bent on revenge. Hunted by a mysterious foundation and whistle-blowing centre determined t...