Charlotte Phipps-Hornby recommends
Charlotte is Head of Corporate BD and Senior Director at Vistra. With over 20 years’ experience in financial and professional services, Charlotte has spent most of her career engaging with corporates, family offices and intermediaries to support their commercial growth. Her career has taken her to numerous countries spanning firms including Allen & Overy, Baker McKenzie, Grant Thornton and Citco, and most recently Intertrust Group.
In her spare time, Charlotte enjoys playing hockey, cooking, travelling to far flung regions of the world and listening to opera.
Read on to find out which six books Charlotte recommends, and why…
“It was hard to pick just six. I think my book selection reflecting my broad genre of interests and, perhaps, highlights a slightly darker side of me than Bridget Jones!”
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
This is a brilliant book, intoxicating and outrageous at the same time. It flies below the surface somewhat but a very well written view on the “America Dream”, politics and the drugs. You have to stick with it and keep an open mind…
Sex and the City
Candace Bushnell
A must read for any girl who has ever worked in the city – very relatable and outrageous read.
Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross)
James Patterson
I am a huge fan of James Patterson. He has me gripped within the first few pages and I love the Alex Cross series. Very easy reads, perfect for lying on a beach. As the books go on, you grow to know and love Alex and share in the suspense and drama.
1, 2, 3, Do the Dinosaur
Michelle Robinson
I love reading this with my son –he loves dinosaurs and great to find a protagonist he looks like. A very easy read and a great way to switch off for a few minutes. 1, 2, 3 and everybody ROAR!!
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
A real roller coaster of a read. You want to throw it across the other side of the room and hide under the covers, yet somehow Bateman is completely addictive. Hard to recommend it, so perhaps don’t, but it is brilliant. BRILLIANT!
Definitely not one for the tube, however.
A Time to Kill
John Grisham
Set in Mississippi, you are immediately transported into life in 1980s America. A legal vs. moral thrilling crime drama ensues. A challenging and thought provoking read with plenty of detail and suspense. A friend gave me a copy and for two weeks I usually arrived at Marylebone about 8.15am in floods of tears.