Verity Banks is the senior woman executive at the Bank of the World, a prestigious financial institution with offices around the globe. Head of Electronic Funds Transfer and supervisor of some of the banks most dedicated computer geniuses Verity lives and breathes the world of big money. But when her power-hungry boss, Kislick Willingly III, axes her proposal to step up the banks computer security, Verity finds herself thinking some remarkably treacherous thoughts.

Her plan is simple. Shell break through the automated security and hide some money in a place no one will find it inside the banks own security system. Shell then point out to her senior management how easy such a theft really is. Its a perfect caper (and perfectly harmless) until the reappearance of Dr. Zoltan Tor.

Tor is the financial wizard who, twelve years earlier, taught his protg Verity everything about technology, commerce and the fine art of sensual living. Now Tor is back with a challenge: Which of them can steal a billion dollars and invest it to earn thirty million in three months? To tempt her to take such an enormous risk, Tor gives Verity an edge: she can use a computer for her theft, but he cannot

A fascinating insiders look into the world of high-stakes banking, A Calculated Risk is also an immensely enjoyable thriller of the ultimate scam, in which the players jet around the world, team up with bankers and baronesses, and, along the way discover each other fully for the first time.