Financial Crime

A rollicking good mystery and witty tale of an international finance, Wall Street, money markets, espionage, kidnapping, bankers on the run, archeology, and far more.

Best-selling author Britney King returns with an adrenaline-fueled thriller about an unlikely array of characters and their heart-pounding plunge into the dizzying depths of madness. March 2020: Stranded on a remote cruise ship as the pandemic ravages the world, 753 desperate passengers find themselves in a perilous situation. With no hope of docking in sight and dwindling supplies, each must fight their inner demons to survive. Among them are an eclectic mix of people—a father desperately searching for a way to save his daughter's future, an artist running from a broken past, and a ...

On May 6, 2010, financial markets around the world tumbled simultaneously and without warning. In the span of five minutes, a trillion dollars of valuation was lost. The Flash Crash, as it became known, represented the fastest drop in market history. When share values rebounded less than half an hour later, experts around the globe were left perplexed. What had they just witnessed? Navinder Singh Sarao hardly seemed like a man who would shake the world's financial markets to their core.

It was a time when anything seemed possible–instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous luxury–and for a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi made it all come true. Promising to double investors’ money in three months, the dapper, charming Ponzi raised the “rob Peter to pay Paul” scam to an art form and raked in millions at his office in downtown Boston. Ponzi’s Scheme is the amazing true story of the irresistible scoundrel who launched the most successful scheme of financial alchemy in modern history–and uttered the first roar of the Roaring Twenties.

HARRY BARTLETT’S PURSUIT OF GORGEOUS DOPPELFRAUDSTERS CREATED BY CRIME KINGPIN YESAC TREBOR LEADS TO A LIFE-OR-DEATH CONFRONTATION. Uncovering the Nantucket scams had been a great success: Yesac Trebor had been flushed out as the mastermind, stolen money had been recovered, and Harry Bartlett and Steve Malarkey had founded the Fraud Detective Group. But there was unfinished business and a shrinking window to complete it in: Yesac was still at large, and Harry only has five more days to find him before the deadline that he’d made with Steve to focus on growing the FDG kicks in. Starting ...

Manhattan. FBI Special Agent Silver Cassidy, the head of a task force that's on a collision course with disaster, finds herself fighting impossible odds to stop a serial killer before he can kill again. Struggling to balance the hunt for a savage predator with the challenges of being a single mom, Silver finds herself thrust into a nightmare of brutality that will demand every ounce of determination she possesses to survive. ----- Q&A with Russell Blake Q: Silver Justice is a departure from your usual action/adventure thrillers. Why a police procedural/serial killer epic featuring a female ...

A man is found in his car, having met a painful death. Another man is found in the woods, clearly murdered. DI Aidan Burke seeks to establish the connection between these deaths. The first man is a wealthy property developer. Little is known about the second victim. Burke's sergeant, DS Fiona Moore, sets to work gathering evidence. But the investigation turns up some unusual findings that point to serious organized criminal activity.

On March 21, 2018, at the 10th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union, Close to Fifty (50) African Union Member States signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, thereby creating the largest free trade area in the world. The agreement officially entered into force on May 30, 2019, after ratification of the agreement by 22 countries. As of 31 May 2022, only 43 of the 54 African countries that signed the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA in March 2018, had deposited Instruments of Ratification with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission. But while the ...

Two brothers. Three secret service agents. And millions for the taking. Charlie and Oliver Caruso are brothers who work at Greene and Greene, a private bank so exclusive there's a $2 million minimum to be a client. But when the door of success slams in their faces, the brothers are presented with an offer they can't refuse: $3 million in an abandoned account that can't be traced. It's the perfect victimless crime. Charlie and Oliver opt to take the money, but get much more than they bargained for.

Bryan LeBlanc worked his way up into a plum position on Wall Street as the boy genius of the foreign exchange desk. Surrounded by "the few, the proud, the completely full of themselves", he decides to give Wall Street a taste of its own medicine and hatches an intricate plan to disappear permanently with just enough misappropriated money - and sailing classes - to spend his golden years cruising the Caribbean. Bryan quickly learns that being a criminal, even a really smart one, is more complicated than he thought. He finds himself on the run in the Cayman Islands, wanted for murder.

From the bestselling author of HER and The Social Affair comes a dark, unrelenting psychological thriller where marriage is a battlefield, deception is a weapon, and losing means death. Mr. and Mrs. Smith meets Dexter. Jude and Kate are the perfect suburban couple—at least, that's what they want you to believe. In reality? He's a contract killer. She likes to even the score. Few married couples are as competitive as Jude and Kate. But then, most spouses don't track their arguments with a body count. Their silent pact to outdo each other begins as a twisted game of skill, survival, and ...

Mitchell Roth is a billionaire hedge fund mastermind whose life turns into a nightmare in the blink of an eye. But his fate is just the tip of the iceberg of a larger and more sinister plot lurking beneath the surface. Now he’s framed for insider trading, and Mitchell becomes the target of a ruthless manhunt that involves powerful government agencies and those he trusts. Turned into a hunted fugitive, Mitchell transgresses the boundary between right and wrong. His only chance to make it out alive is to fight back with his financial expertise, money laundering skills, and even murder.

Young, bright and sexy, Carla Vitale has been handpicked to run Supertech, Africa’s leading independent engineering firm. Then one Friday afternoon in Cape Town, her dream is shattered. Her boss and mentor, Nial Townley, disappears, his luxury vehicle is found in a crevice at the bottom of Chapman’s Peak and $USD 20m is missing from the Supertech’s overseas accounts. Three months later and the police are no closer to solving the riddle. No job, no car, no phone, Carla turns to the one person she believes can help: software hacker turned day-trader, Daniel Le Fleur.

IT WAS A SIMPLE INSURANCE INVESTIGATION -- UNTIL THE LIES AND BODIES STARTED PILING UP! Alton Rhode starts out in a Northern nursing home and winds up in a Southern town, where a military academy may be more soiled than local Civil War statues covered in bird droppings. He uncovers a twisty financial conspiracy involving radioactive isotopes, sex, and murder. "ALTON RHODE MYSTERIES ARE IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES.” (John Crudele, New York Post); “A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY.” (Florida Weekly); “A ...

Greed – Gateway to Crime exposes how unchecked ambition turns into financial corruption, fraud, and economic devastation. Through gripping real-world case studies and cutting-edge psychological research, this book reveals how greed rewires the brain, weakens ethical judgment, and fuels high-stakes crimes like Ponzi schemes, insider trading, and corporate fraud. What drives seemingly successful individuals—CEOs, politicians, and financial elites—to risk everything for more wealth and power? Why do some people justify fraud, corruption, and exploitation in their pursuit of success? ...

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan…some answers…and a safe place where they couldn’t be found…and time to figure out what to do next….and why their pursuers are interested in Harper’s father…and are willing to do anything to draw her out. Now it appears that they have an unknown and unlikely ally…maybe two. But what does it mean when one of their allies becomes the new target… An attack on the Mulholland’s wasn’t expected…and though much could be tied to Mick Johnson this wasn’t his style…or his target.It’s the middle of the twenty-...

Mathew Nelson is struggling mightily after his father is gunned down in a brutal Mexican cartel gunfight and their company craters. Desperate for work, Matt is hired to supervise apartment construction for a city-county housing partnership headed by Dwight Lamar, a master manipulator who scams millions into his pocket and vanishes without a trace. No one is ever brought to justice. There is public outrage as elections approach. Local politicians demand the conniving DA find a scapegoat. Matt Nelson fits the bill. In short order Matt is indicted on several trumped-up charges. Stuck with land...

In 2006 an oddball group of bankers, traders and brokers from some of the largest financial institutions made a startling realization: Libor - the London interbank offered rate, which determines the interest rates on trillions in loans worldwide - was set daily by a group of easily manipulated administrators, and they could reap huge profits by nudging it fractions of a percent to suit their trading portfolios. This group generated incredible riches - until it all unraveled in spectacularly vicious, backstabbing fashion.

Best-selling author Britney King returns with a page-turning thriller that will take you on a rollercoaster ride of suspense and intrigue. Join six friends as they confront a fateful decision that spirals into a dark and twisted journey. During a night of drunken revelry, three couples spontaneously agree to swap spouses for a wild weekend that promises liberation from the monotony of their lives. They're all friends—what could possibly go wrong? As the weekend unfolds, the six find themselves in a pressure-cooker of hidden desires, festering grudges, and unbearable tension. And when one ...

Dark days are coming to the sunny Cayman Islands’ shore. The Chinese want to use them to test new ways to knock out the US grid. Government and the electrical company are fighting over rates. Black-outs and chaos can only be averted if a strange alliance of ex-US and Russian agents act in time. It's a mess. But it's also a fun story. Smile as you read. Doom and gloom never lasts in Cayman!