Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

I received Cristina Alger’s third novel, "The Banker’s Wife," and figured it would literally be a thriller about a banker’s wife. And it is – to a point. But journalist Marina Tourneau is Maggie Haberman, Andrea Mitchell and Nicolle Wallace all rolled up in one. This is a terrific work of continent-hopping fiction and I love the way the character of Marina comes to dominate the narrative and never becomes a victim, never plays the “woman card,” and never needs to turn to a man to fix things for