Read more
Zusatztext "Superb plotting! high suspense! compelling timely issues! and finely honed characters make this crime novel/international thriller a great read." Informationen zum Autor James Grippando is a New York Times bestselling author with more than thirty books to his credit, including those in his acclaimed series featuring Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck, and is the winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. He is also a trial lawyer and teaches law and literature at the University of Miami School of Law. He lives and writes in South Florida. Klappentext Abe Cushman, the evil genius behind a sixty-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, has killed himself and taken his secrets to the grave. For Patrick Lloyd, a young Wall Street advisor at the world's largest Swiss bank, Cushman's fall has unexpected—and deadly—repercussions. His girlfriend, Lilly, is directly tied to billions of dollars in losses suffered by Cushman's most dangerous "victims," a group of powerful investors whose identities and dirty finances are shrouded in secrecy. What Lilly knows can get her and Patrick killed, and now the pair are in a run for their lives that leads to the heart of a secret operation. With no place to turn and no one to trust, Patrick and Lilly must uncover the truth before they become collateral damage in a "financial war" where casualties are no longer measured in dollars and cents. Zusammenfassung New York Times bestseller James Grippando returns with a gripping new stand-alone novel: a story ripped from the headlines! in which a young financial adviser and his girlfriend uncover a conspiracy that reaches from Wall Street to Washington! from the trading floors of the Stock Exchange to the deepest halls of government. Like Grippando’s recent bestsellers! Afraid of the Dark and Money to Burn —as well as Grippando classics like A King’s Ransom and Beyond Suspicion —the provocative Need You Now is a fast-paced thriller in which danger and conspiracy lie behind every plot and promise! and the future of the nation lies in the hands of an unlikely champion. “Grippando grips from the first page.” —Harlan Coben ...
