Webs of Power

I really liked this novel and its characters! If you like "Lipstick Jungle" then this book is for you as it's a wonderful look at the inside world of the corporate world, women balancing work and life, and marriage. In particular it reveals a very interesting backdrop and history of the retail industry in the 1980s. For anyone who loves to shop and for women who love to read truly character-driven novels, I highly recommend this book!

The complex personalities involved, greed, and lack of total honesty leed you on an unpredictable adventure. The book starts with a simple premise, but don't let that fool you. As characters are introduced, in the short chapters that I love, the more complicated the plot. The twists and turns of personalities are well developed and mercurial. What seems like a simple, hostile takeover by and ego-centric Australian becomes complex as the personalities involved are shown in their full color. By Barbara Holm-McClosky

Think leveraged buyouts and hostile takeovers are dull business-page news? Think again. Webs of Power, a drama of love, secrets, betrayal and danger, will hold you spellbound as it explores the turbulent world of fashion merchandising in the 1980's. When a corporate raider attacks a mercantile empire, the lives of three strong women and the powerful men they love are thrown into upheaval. How they respond, and the interwoven events they set in motion, makes for a fast-paced, absorbing story with plenty of surprising turns. Darlene Quinn knows the world of department stores and fashion management; her surefooted depiction of people and places makes you feel like an insider in a high stakes game. Shopping at Macy's or Bloomingdale's may never feel the same.

Darlene Quinn's colorful portrayal of the complex world of retail and its players is intriguing. Her characters come alive in this fast paced, provocative novel. You won't want to put this book down!

Webs of Power: A Novel What is an inside story, based on fact, of a hostile take over of well established, up-scale, and revered American department stores, becomes much more complicated as the characters in the novel are introduced, along with their varied, realistic personalities, foibles, needs, greed, egoes and ethics. It's difficult to put the book down. I could identify with several of the characters, both the "good" and sadly the "bad".