She's tired of working twice as hard and making half as much as her male colleagues. But when her clever ploy implodes, can she escape going down for the count?
New York City, 1983.
Rebecca Voss knows the world isn't fair. Breaking barriers as a female vice president at a prominent financial institution, the thirty-one-year-old securities manager thinks maybe she's finally on the road to something big. But the go-getter's sense of success crumbles upon discovering her impressive promotion doesn't include equal pay.
Determined to level the playing field, the clever businesswoman collateralizes margin accounts using bearer bonds borrowed from her company's vault. But when her lucrative strategy draws suspicions, Rebecca's desperate attempt to get out of the game plays right into a blackmailer's hands.
Caught between an unwelcome partner in crime and federal prison, will this high achiever land behind bars?