i enjoyed D.L. first book "the conspiracy of paper" which had a good sensible plot and was interesting with his knowledge of the city of London's financial activities in the early eighteenth century .However "the coffee trader " was poorly read- you could not tell the difference between the various men within the book and with a mid Atlantic dutch accent!!! .Also the story had too little substance solely based on the "futures market" and Jewish community in Amsterdam for it to last for 12 hours --really boring -- my wife used it to send her to sleep in the car whilst i was driving long distances .