Reviews
"Dan Davies tells all these stories with verve and wit ... Much of the book is a romp through the crimes of scoundrels - Ponzi, Madoff, Keating, the Krays ... Yet what takes it from absorbing to excellent is the author's insight. Read Lying for Money and you will look at fraud in a whole new way. Actually, you will look at every market transaction you take part in in a whole new way." -- Sunday Times (UK), "An engaging and indispensable guide for novice fraudsters - and for those who want to keep out of their clutches." --John Kay, author of Other People's Money, "If you want to learn to fend [off] fraud, read this. And if you want to commit fraud ... don't. But if you absolutely must, first read this." -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "Swindling is never a black and white business, and Davies is good on the shades of grey in fraud-land." -- Financial Times, "Swindling is never a black and white business, and Davies is good on the shades of grey in fraud-land." -- Financial Times "Readers who like their true-crime stories laced with economics will enjoy these forays into the dark side." -- Kirkus Reviews, "If you want to learn to fend fraud, read this. And if you want to commit fraud ... don't. But if you absolutely must, first read this." -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
