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Christopher Reich thrills again in 'The Palace' - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Christopher Reich thrills again in 'The Palace' - The San Diego Union-Tribune

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It's hard to believe that Christopher Reich once let go of a Gordon Gecko poster in his office. After all, by Michael Douglas (Michael Douglas) in the movie "Wall Street" (Wall Street) is famous and portrays the characters of the 80s with the mantra "greed is good", this role is no longer the same as the original and amiable German empire. What is different.

In fact, given his ability to beat the best-selling thriller novels, it is hard to imagine that the Encinitas-based writer ever worked as an investment banker in one of the world's most prestigious financial institutions.

He said that even so, without this job, he might not have become a writer at all.

"I'm not the best investment banker," Reich said with a smile, recalling his experience at the beginning of UBS Group AG. UBS is a well-known Swiss bank and financial services company. "Literally, it's like working for a month. When I moved to the mergers and acquisitions department, they looked at me and said:'You know, Reich, you really don't know your numbers. We will You provide the job of writing a prospectus."

Reich did an excellent job of writing financial advice and transaction memos for UBS, and he received a call from the company’s head, Nikolaus Senn. Reich was scared at first, but then Senn put his arm on him.

Reich recalled: "He told me,'You are our own Michael Crichton." Refers to the best-selling novelist behind Jurassic Park. "Life will push you in directions you can't see. Life is slowly pushing me in the direction of writing."

According to Reich, Robert Ludlum, Frederick Forsyth, and Ken Follett (the three kings of the thriller genre) An avid reader of) – A few years later, Reich decided to become a writer. His first thriller-"Digital Account" in 1998-took place mainly in a Swiss bank and became a bestseller immediately.

After more than two decades and twelve books, Reich's latest work "The Palace" is the third adventure of Simon Riske, a gentle British spy named Lai Reich described it as "the stern, strong Cary Grant." The series was recently selected as a TV show and is in development with the same studio that produced the "Jack Ryan" series for Amazon Prime. Reich said that at first he was the protagonist's idea to reproduce because he thought it was much easier than signing the independent thriller famous for him.

Reich said: "I have a very misunderstanding of this assumption." "Even though it is a series of novels, each book must work as an independent novel. You don't want people to have to read all of the series in order to read a new book. books."

"Palace" took place shortly after the last Simon Rossi novel (last year's "The Jewel in the Crown"), Reich's "gentleman gangster" tried to plunge into the abyss of an international conspiracy while also assassinating the assassin who wanted to hunt him. Reich said that the main plots in "The Palace", like most of his works, are inspired by real events.

Raich said: “Many of these crimes were based on the 1MDB scandal in Malaysia,” he was referring to the ongoing money laundering scandal that forced many people in the Malaysian government to resign. "In all my books, I try to find something in real life and use it for inspiration. It gave me permission to turbocharge the plot and really make it a page flipper for thrillers. ."

Reich has many fascinating conspiracies and suspense in The Palace, but one of the writer's low-key skills is his ability to set scenes. Although the first two Simon Riske novels (The Take in 2018 and Crown Jewel the following year) were mostly released in Europe, his recent adventures He works in Bangkok and Singapore. He said that it is important for him to make readers understand the culture and vitality of Southeast Asia.

Reich said: "I have the ability to live there while I am writing." Reich later settled in Thailand for two months. "It's great to be there. I think I can instill some Thai feeling into this new novel. If I don't go there, I don't think I will get that."

A protagonist like Simon Riske can easily be described as a jet-rider, while Reich admits that when he was a child he traveled the world with his travel agency father and never stayed in one place for too long. This is undoubtedly Has become a way of life in his character. .

"My father is Swiss, so I spent many summers in Switzerland, but most of the time we were walking around," Reich said. "I use it to give my book an international flavor because I have benefited from growing up all over the world. It gives you a kind of worldview that helps many Americans today. I'm so lucky."

However, Reich added that he often stays in one place for not long enough to make friends, which makes it easier for people to understand the mentality of his protagonist.

Reich said: "I remember sitting in a boarding school, sitting on the basketball court alone, without knowing anyone." Reich said that he was already writing the fourth Simon Riske novel "One Time". "Once a Thief" (Once a Thief). "Your heart is full of feelings of loss, fear and anxiety. It can help you grow up. It can help you accept other cultures and learn how to make friends quickly. So my character is almost always a lone wolf. You write what you are knew."

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