Synopses & Reviews
Ex-Wall Street trader, ex-con, and devoted father to an autistic son, Jason Stafford first appeared in Black Fridays, and#147;one of the yearand#8217;s finest crime debutsand#8221; (Booklist).and#160;Now, in Mortal Bonds, he goes to work for the wealthy family of a financial criminaland#133; and#160;
William von Beckerand#8217;s multibillion-dollar fund was limited to only the luckiest investors. Or so they thought.
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After the house of cards collapses and the disgraced von Becker commits suicide in prison, his family asks Jason Stafford to find out where the money isand#151;and who is targeting them with attempted kidnappings. There are plenty of angry suspects to take a look at. But with roughly three billion of von Beckerand#8217;s ill-gotten dollars floating around somewhere, there are other interested parties as well. Theyand#8217;re determined. Theyand#8217;re powerful. And theyand#8217;re not nearly as polite as the Fedsand#133;
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Review
Praise for Mortal Bonds and#8220;Staffordand#160;is a cool, edgy character.and#8221;and#8212;John Sandford
and#8220;A hero I'm still thinking about days afterward.and#8221;and#8212;Tess Gerritsen
and#8220;A twisty tale of greedand#8230;
About the Author
Michael Sears, the author of the Jason Stafford novels Black Fridays and Mortal Bonds, spent more than twenty years on Wall Street, rising to become the managing director in the bond trading and underwriting divisions of Paine Webber and, later, Jefferies and Company, before leaving the business in 2005.