"The trick, Zara Dunne tells her new underling as she shows her round the trades processing floor of the pension management company for which they both now work, is not to dwell on the fact that every day that passes is another day wasted. And to know where the nice biscuits are. This is very good advice for any twentysomething starting their first job, but especially one called Myrtle,"
"Soon, however, they are all in need of substantially more comfort than even a chocolate Hobnob can provide, as a team of armed villains swarms the floor. From there, the glossy new six-part thriller Steal kicks into high gear and doesn't let up for a moment. The baddies sporting not masks but sophisticated, subtle prosthetics that can fool all the facial recognition software the police will soon be applying to the CCTV footage"
"A couple of gruesome beatings later, so that nobody is in any doubt about the dedication of the villainous gang, Luke and Zara are yanked out and forced to help them execute a set of trades worth 4bn, and the committee is forced to sign off on them all. At one point, Luke crumbles and Zara must step in to save the day. She is hailed as a hero once the thieves have completed their hi-tech heist and left the building."
Zara Dunne guides new colleague Myrtle around a pension trades processing floor, offering practical workplace advice. A team of armed villains storms the floor, corralling staff into a conference room while managers are locked elsewhere. The criminals employ sophisticated prosthetics to defeat facial-recognition systems and force Zara and colleague Luke to execute trades worth 4bn, coercing the management committee to approve them. Brutal beatings establish the gang's ruthlessness. When Luke falters, Zara intervenes and is initially celebrated as a hero after the thieves leave. Subsequent developments reveal that events are not what they first appear.
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