Financial Mystery

By using true tales of thieves, swindlers, and fraudsters at work, Financial Serial Killers illustrates how these perpetrators get their hooks into investors' wallets, savings accounts, and portfolios - and never let go. The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression revealed that thousands of mom-and-pop investors had lost millions to so-called Mini-Madoffs. They are the thieves and con men who had used phony financial acumen to steal investors' money, wipe out savings, and damage lives. Financial Serial Killers reveals the cons, from the grand to picayune, that advisers cultivate with their victims - relationships that are essential to the fraud.

Der Mord an einem Beamten wird in null Komma nichts aufgeklärt, doch Kommissar Charitos misstraut der Sache. Wie überhaupt alles um ihn herum zu schön ist, um wahr zu sein. Die Leute genießen das Leben, als hätte es nie eine Krise gegeben. Das schnelle Geld fordert jedoch seinen Tribut: Der Mord an dem Beamten war erst der Anfang.

Wall Street banker John Thatcher is drawn into this mystery as a financial man seeking to get his bank repaid. Thatcher gets involved to try to recover a loan/debenture done by the Sloan's incompetent investment manager on the way out.

This is the third of 37 Emma Lathen best sellers, featuring John Putnam Thatcher, SVP of the Sloan Guaranty Trust, who gets to the bottom of things by cutting through various business goings-on. He's a famous accountant who swoops down on a company to examine the books, dissident shareholders, community groups, and others to examine the financial motives in order to nail the killer. A humorous romp for those who like humor and good writing in their mysteries.

In the shady world of investing, Kyle Carlisle finds himself in a rather mundane spot of mostly dealing with newbies who like to break the rules. That's all about to change when the job of his dreams comes his way. GenX, a biotech firm that specializes in virus and vaccine research, also mines its own cryptocurrency RedKoin. Amy Pandemos is its young and beautiful CEO, who tracks down Kyle to have him run the crypto operation.