Bay Street by Philip Slayton
The action in this novel takes place around a Bay Street law firm. Piper Fantouche is a junior partner in the law firm, but feels like she's not able to get enough billable hours to advance herself there. one of the senior partners asks her to join a team that is handling a takeover bid in the financial services industry, but he may have ulterior motives. Other women in the firm or previously in the firm have been the subject of his attention in the past.
There are issues of competition within the law firm, issues with the takeover bid itself and the bank initiating it, and issues around women in the book.
The narration shows us the thoughts and viewpoints of a number of characters throughout the course of the novel, but it still feels oddly formal, and I always felt like I was watching things from a distance rather than getting pulled into the book.
The plot is interesting in some ways, especially since I once worked in downtown Toronto in the financial industry, but it wasn't compelling.
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