Financial Fiction

This is not a romantic comedy. This is not a fairy tale. This is not what you're expecting. Lies, secrets, betrayal. Marriage, divorce, sex. Love, heartbreak, money. Best friends. Old enemies. Soul mates. Happily Ever After comes in many forms. A Way to Get By is the story of how Brenda and Eddie found theirs.

The Troll Bridge tells the story of a young boy, Joel, and his encounter with the Troll who lives under a bridge. The greedy Troll charges everyone and everything that crossed the bridge and grew very wealthy. When disaster strikes however he needs the kindness of strangers to save him from a damp and miserable end.

Zachary Blake returns. And who stands between his client and justice? The President of the United States! In this second heart-stopping installment of the Zachary Blake legal thriller series, Zack is fresh off his epic legal battle with the church’s clandestine evil forces in Betrayal of Faith. If you enjoyed the political angst of All the President’s Men or the realistic courtroom scenes of The Verdict, you will love this political-legal action thriller, where super trial lawyer Zack Blake takes on new, even more powerful foes.

Dit is het verhaal van drie vrouwen die alles hebben verloren. Daarom zijn ze zo gevaarlijk. Aura Reyes' luxe leven stort in wanneer ze onterecht wordt veroordeeld voor fraude en witwassen. Het is allemaal de schuld van Ponzano, de baas van de bank waar ze vroeger werkte. Nu haar leven in duigen is gevallen zint Aura op wraak. In de gevangenis ontmoet ze Mari Paz, een vrouw met een duister verleden, die instemt om haar te helpen. Ook sluit Sere zich bij hen aan, een hacker met een vlijmscherpe geest. Ze werkte vroeger ook voor Ponzano en heeft zo haar eigen redenen om hem tegen te werken.

Stell dir vor, du hast nur eine Wahl: das Richtige zu tun – oder zu überleben. In "Die Zentrale", dem 2. Teil von Veit Etzolds knallharter Thriller-Reihe aus den Untiefen der Finanzwelt, gerät Bankerin Laura unter Mordverdacht – und das ist erst der Anfang! Für die junge Bankerin Laura Jakobs scheint sich eigentlich alles zum Besten zu wenden: Ihr Arbeitgeber versetzt sie auf ein Spezialprojekt in die Zentrale der Bank, was einer beachtlichen Beförderung gleichkommt. Doch je tiefer Laura in das Projekt eintaucht, desto tiefer werden auch die Abgründe der Finanzwelt, die sich vor ihr auftun.

In South Florida, the fraud capital of the world, Jorge Gonzalez is a Cuban-American success story who just made partner in a top financial firm. But the perfect crime has just been committed. Now, Jorge is held responsible for the theft of millions. Overnight, his career is shattered, his family is shamed, and everyone has made him the scapegoat. The search for a dead man is on...With the help of a beautiful tech wiz, Jorge attempts to unlock the mystery and put his life back together.

In the beginning was Jacqueline, and crossings on the Star Ferry with warm Hong Kong breezes blowing strands of long, black hair across her face as her eyes gazed into his. When investment banker Alexander “Dusty” Street returns to Hong Kong 20 years later, everybody wants him to save a huge acquisition, stabilize panicking financial markets, and return home to New York. The choice is obvious, until the love of his life reappears.

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.

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.

With debt-burdened governments and businesses worldwide about to go bust, a cabal of Wall Street big shots plot to destroy the globe’s stock exchanges. In 24 hours, a powerful computer worm will smash the exchanges and spark an international panic, pushing a debt-laden world into the abyss. But one person, who works for their bank as a computer expert, spots the worm embedded deep in its network. Cassy Levin invents a program to destroy the cyber-intruder. Angered by Cassy’s discovery, her bosses order her kidnapping.

Someone is siphoning funds from billionaire Zachary Barron's currency hedge fund. Intent on prosecuting the thief to the fullest extent of the law, he hires Katerina "Kat" Carter, the best forensic accountant in the business, to follow the money trail. Both are shocked when it leads to Zachary's father, Nathan. And he's just the tip of the iceberg. Nathan belongs to a shadowy organization with global ties and unimaginable resources.

Amid a wave of unprecedented terrorist attacks on American soil, a panicked and inexperienced president declares a state of emergency and hands over control of the country to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The quiet and unassuming Administrator Hall soon becomes the most powerful man in America. Determined to stop the attacks, Hall enforces his order across the US, using a newly empowered State Guard to deal with anyone who gets in his way.

Brewing Up a Storm: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! This is the 23rd of 37 Emma Lathen best sellers and features John Putnam Thatcher, SVP of the Sloan Guaranty Trust. A brewery introduces a non-alcoholic beer that stirs up trouble with a lobbying group that believe this will lead children to drink beer as minors. Congressional hearings, congressmen, lobbyists, a lawsuit, a riot, and more create wonderful goings-on for listeners with John Putnam Thatcher identifying the murderer.

Die Morde an mehreren Bankern lassen die griechische Finanzwelt erzittern. Die Krise trifft inzwischen jeden, auch die, die sich in Sicherheit wähnten - und Kommissar Charitos steckt mittendrin.

It's one year after the 9/11 attacks, and court reporter Alex Vane is fighting to break into the flashy world of TV news. But when he uncovers the scoop of a lifetime, his tightly controlled world is rocked: His editor buries his story, a source turns up dead, and Alex finds himself at the center of a violent media conspiracy. As he receives tips from a mysterious source, Alex enlists the help of a captivating professor, Camila Gray.

Wall Street and the Black world are agitated by a distinguished Atlanta Black banker being proposed for a seat on the Exchange. Much turmoil about those issues, though the issue, comes back to money, which John Putnam Thatcher is expert at. The usual cast of characters at the Sloan, and elsewhere on Wall Street, show up and participate.

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.

Jeden milion dolarů - přesně tolik získal Harvey Metclafe, celoživotní král pochybných obchodů, z prázdných slibů ropného naleziště a akciových čachrů. Čtyři muži – syn z hraběcího rodu, doktor z Harley Street, majitel galerie na Bond Street a oxfordský don – se přes noc stanou téměř žebráky. Tentokrát ale Harvey obral špatné muže. Spojí totiž své síly a sledují ho v kasinech Monte Carla, luxusních lóžích v Ascotu i na posvátných pozemcích Oxfordské univerzity.

Manche Geschichten kann nur das echte Leben schreiben. Und so scheint "CLUB DEAL" als Kombination aus Finanz- und Ökothriller, gepaart mit Zukunftsvisionen und gespickt mit Liebe und Sex, eine Fiktion. Ist es aber nicht! Die Rivalität zweier Männer, die durch ihre unterschiedlichen Funktionen auf verschiedenen Seiten derselben Bank - dem ehrwürdigen Bankhaus Delius & Co. - stehen, ist echt.

Eine atemlose Verfolgungsjagd durch die ganze Welt. "Als ich mich umdrehte, stand sie plötzlich vor mir. Wie ein Geist, aber doch ganz aus Fleisch und Blut. Unversehrt und mit ihrem süßesten Lächeln im Gesicht." Alexander "Lex" Caviazel lebt nach einem Motto: Alles oder nichts! Der mittelmäßig erfolgreiche Surf-Profi träumt seit Jahren davon, sich in der Weltspitze zu etablieren. Auf der Rückfahrt nach einem Weltcuprennen vom Gardasee nach Köln streikt der Motor seines gelben Bullis.