Financial Thriller Fiction

This sequel to James P. O’Mealia’s Fiasco combines financial intrigue with personal crisis to create a tense thriller about a friendship that runs bone deep. The relationship between Roger Maydock and Thomas Morris has been fraught with conflict since their prep school days, when they were caught smoking marijuana in their dorm room. Roger fell on his sword for Thomas and was subsequently expelled. Thomas has never gotten over his guilt about what happened. He feels driven to help Roger whenever his friend gets into trouble. In Fiasco, that meant trying to fix one of Roger’s troubled ...

This time the stakes are higher with not just his life, but those of his family at risk. 1995 and Rupert Brett is riding a market gone wild with greed and crazy money. With the American Sub-Prime madness just beginning, Brett seeks new markets where he finds international money laundering, double dealing and murder. Reporting to the British government they task him once again to spy for them. The trail leads to high finance property deals, cocaine smuggling and the glamorous international polo circuit. Teaming again with SAS sergeant Chris Adams, they are pitted against drug cartels, Irish ...

In this 4th novel in the UNDERCOVER HILLBILLY MYSTERY SERIES, Billy Hill interrupts a burglary in progress in the apartment next door to his in Linden, Texas. That chance encounter tests Billy's rusty cage-fighting skills and leads him to Pecan Island, Louisiana where he becomes enmeshed in a complex mystery involving a gorgeous girl who is up against the awesome power of the corrupt Biden government. Never underestimate the ingenuity of an honest but stubborn backwoods boy. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a quirky Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 90 novels since his ...

As DS Lucas Walker recovers from his injuries, he heads from Caloodie, Queensland, to the Gold Coast. Surfer's Paradise: a seaside city where gleaming high rises fringe sparkling surf beaches, sunny days lead to wild nights, and criminals and bikie gangs mingle with tourists and dignitaries at five star hotels, clubs and casinos. Before long, Walker is part of a team trying to solve a horrific home invasion and murder that has claimed the life of a young mother and left her nine-year-old daughter fighting to survive. Can he help them find the perpetrators, and keep the young girl safe?

Investigating stolen art is not a pretty picture… Nikki’s dream job becomes a reality when a New York antique art dealer hires her for a covert mission aboard a cruise ship. Her task is to gather evidence on two passengers suspected of stealing art from the New York dealer. The presumed thieves, posing as art experts, quickly befriend Nikki, plunging her into a moral quandary. Can she remain impartial? As her investigation intensifies, she identifies a third suspect and breaks into his cabin. The situation escalates when he arrives unexpectedly and finds her rummaging through his ...

In this second novel in the UNDERCOVER HILLBILLY SERIES, the reclusive Billy Hill buys a failing motel in Monticello, Mississippi. As he attempts to turn the business around and run the motel all by himself, trouble arrives. Billy will require all of his financial acumen to improve the motel's bottom line, and he'll also need every ounce of his rusty illegal cage-fighting skills to stay alive. By the way, Billy must also convince the cops that he didn't murder anyone. Mortal danger and false clues can lurk even in quiet small towns. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired ...

"Readers will root for the sympathetic Duncan as he morphs into a more grounded version of James Bond or Jason Bourne." --Publishers Weekly Duncan Luke has a bad feeling about his next job for BIG. Ghislaine Bingham wants him to fly to Niger to investigate a uranium concession near the Libyan border owned by her stepson's new partner, Salah. Duncan suspects the man is secretly dealing arms, but the region blows up in violence before he can get answers. His gut says Ghislaine isn’t telling him the full truth, but he misreads her motives for subterfuge; she is the victim of a blackmail ...

Despite growing up in poverty, Pierre Lachance made it to law school where he developed an intense dislike of money and those snobs who had lots of it. When his government legal job in Northern Ontario is eliminated, Pierre heads south to start a new life. After rescuing a wealthy stranded motorist and his dog in a wicked snowstorm, Pierre is asked to use his real estate expertise and go undercover to investigate some property holdings in Dallas, Texas. That plunges Pierre into an intriguing financial mystery. As luck would have it, Pierre also meets a dazzling but wealthy beauty in Dallas....

This is the 3rd novel in the UNDERCOVER HILLBILLY SERIES. In this story, Billy Hill travels to the tiny town of Linden, Texas. After bailing a pretty attorney out of a financial jam, Billy is faced with what can only be described as a very stinky mystery. Can a home-schooled hillbilly from the backwoods of northern Vermont solve this smelly puzzle? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who took up writing novels as a retirement hobby. Always a proponent of quantity over quality, Donald has churned out more than 90 novels since he retired in 2009. Please check ...

Taylor Lockwood spends her days working as a paralegal in one of New York's preeminent Wall Street law firms and her nights playing jazz piano anyplace she can. But the rhythm of her life is disrupted when attorney Mitchell Reece requests her help in locating a stolen document that could cost him not only the multimillion-dollar case he's defending but his career as well.

Violent death of a veteran resident in the neighborhood shook everyone. Can Detective Harper Bush find the killer before anyone else is harmed? Detective Harper Bush is a meticulous detective with the Department of Police, Plano, Texas. Murder of Mrs. Tammy Jones appeared to her as a personal blow to her childhood memory of treasure hunting during Halloween for the candies in the neighborhood where she grew up with her sisters. The mystery deepens as another member of the community went missing. The missing person was Harper's English teacher. Harper’s sisters, Alice and Joan, started an ...

A dead body on the terrace and a community full of quarrelsome neighbors always fighting for more stakes. Can Shreeja and Shiuli unmask the mystery? Shreeja and Shiuli crossed paths on the terrace of Jagat Sera Apartments. They thought that the neighbors of the dead resident must know a good deal about the motive of the murder. The investigation revealed a deeper connection of money and power. The investigation was almost shut down to prevent a riot. More the detectives dig into the lives of the residents of Jagat Sera Apartments, the more the entangled history of the community starts ...

Has cyber-crime escalated to murder? Forensic accountant Kat Munro puts her traumatic past behind her and begins dating journalist Connor O’Malley, whose investigations into online crime attract the wrong kind of attention. When a colleague’s teenage son goes missing, and his friend’s body is discovered, Kat finds herself working with DS Adam Jackson again. The murder enquiry leads Adam to an exclusive London school where allegations of drugs, gaming fraud and child pornography abound. As he gets deeper into the investigation, Adam is forced to face issues in his private life while ...

The perfect safari. Or the perfect deception? Suave and debonaire Mark Dacks has garnered together an intimate group of guests for an exclusive tour of central Africa. A once in a lifetime experience. Or so it seems… Appearing to be the consummate host, Mark, and his hostess, Korina Prague, deal in illicit gems. Unbeknown to their guests, the safari is a front but they are just as valued. During an evening of cocktails and gambolling, Mark slips out for a rendezvous on the slippery steps of Devil’s Gorge. To make an exchange for diamonds. But he’s betrayed. Was he sold out by one of ...

El antiguo pájaro de la muerte El fotógrafo de vida silvestre Sam Daniels tiene un trabajo de ensueño: viaja a lugares exóticos y toma fotos de animales increíblemente hermosos para que todos los puedan ver. Sin embargo, durante un viaje a la jungla amazónica a la que viajó por ese motivo, Sam y su guía se encuentran con un pájaro diferente a cualquiera que hayan visto antes, completamente hermoso e hipnotizante. Se las arregla para conseguir algunas fotos, pero no antes de que la extraña criatura asesine a su guía y salga volando, gritando. Petrificado y traumatizado, Sam ...

The campus went crazy when a final year student was found murdered. Can Shreeja and Shiuli get to the murderer before anyone else gets hurt? Monali Santra was the topper of the mathematics department. Shiuli was upset when she was assigned to investigate the murder of Monali Santra in the university campus where she studied mathematics two and a half decades ago. She was petrified to know that the campus dynamics did not change at all. Her colleagues came in her support and Shreeja shared the weapons with her. She took the war path to cleanse the system that had been taking lives of ...

She makes her dream come true. Not realizing it’s the villain’s worst nightmare. Kate's idyllic Caribbean paradise shatters in an instant when she witnesses her boyfriend's brutal murder. Spirited away into protective custody, she sheds her past, embracing a new identity in the high-stakes art world of Washington, DC. As the curator of a renowned art collection, Kate appears to have it all—but beneath her polished exterior, memories of that horrific night linger, fueling her thirst for justice. Determined to track down her boyfriend's killers, Kate teams up with the razor-sharp crime ...

When she discovers the bank is involved in shockingly murky business dealings, Kat realizes she’s treading in dangerous waters. She turns to her confidante and handsome suitor, Daniel McAdam, for help. To exonerate Samuel, Kat and Daniel may have to expose the unseemly financial dealings of prominent aristocrats and government officials, and even those working to bring down the royal family. Kat will risk everything to protect the man who has sacrificed so much for her daughter, even if it means endangering herself and the friends she has come to love.

This novel is the 4th in the six-book Slimy Lawyer Series about Slymon "Slimy" Robichaud, a shyster attorney adept at putting his own interests ahead of those of his unfortunate clients. When Slimy is caught giving under-the-table bribes to real estate agents in order to secure client referrals, his penalty is a four month period of disbarment. Using a phony name in order to avoid humiliation but retain at least a bit of income, Slimy gets a job washing cars at an automobile dealership during the lonely night shift. That's when his new secret life becomes filled with danger and drives poor ...

A new Russia, exciting new markets, a new danger! 1999 and Rupert Brett is at the top of his game. He is head of Capital Markets worldwide and is given the challenge: open the Moscow office! Rupert finds Moscow is an exciting place to be, but behind every deal there is bribery and he will need all his experience to navigate the corridors of power. On the inside Rupert finds corruption, powerful Oligarchs and a new Russian Leader Vladimir Putin. The UK Government is opening political boundaries with immigration relaxed. The two worlds begin to collide: desperate secrets need to be kept by ...