It goes without saying that The Birdie gets to meet oodles of cool people doing this very difficult, strenuous job we do. But when we met Astrid Fleming, we think we fell in love! She’s bubbly, pretty, vivacious and spirited – just about everything we live for at The Bird.

Then she began telling us about her entrepreneurial endeavor to publish her first book, which she eventually landed up self-publishing as her wedding tribute to her closest friends and family… we got so sucked in to the excitement of Astrid’s life, we nearly forgot we had a book to review.

Looking at the cover of her novel, White Knights, our visions of Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines tapping their way into the 90’s was crushed. (very sadly, since that flick is still on our favourites list…) Anyway back to the cover - it’s got skinny white legs walking over Manhattan with a dollar-bill outfit and briefcase to match.

So now your scene is set – Wall Street, NYC, investment banking. And to be honest, we couldn’t put it down.

Birdy Num Num: We've got one autographed first edition copy up for grabs. e-mail info@thehummingbird.co.za and give us your ultimate ending.