false 12459 0 0 448424 0451190157 9780451190154 8 <![CDATA[The Legacy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174865251m/448424.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448424.The_Legacy 3.51 68 The novel's prologue sets the stage as a struggling actress goes to Dallas and films the motorcade on a whim. Before she has even digested that she has captured one of the most memorable moments in American history, her camera is ripped from her grasp by a mysterious man. The chapter that follows jumps to 1998 as New York bonds trader Cole Egan receives a phone call telling him of his estranged father's death and of a package that awaits him in a safety deposit box. The package, of course, contains a video of the film stolen from the actress, and Cole realizes he is sitting on a gold mine: from the other side of Dealey Plaza, the tape shows the firing rifle denied by the Warren Commission.

Of course, the U.S. government has not gone to all the trouble of keeping such information secure for over 30 years just to let some upstart indebted bonds trader make a fortune selling the truth to the highest bidder. The novel takes flight as the dashing and resourceful Cole begins his quest to receive the benefits of his legacy while competently evading the knives, guns, and explosives of a super secret government agency. Not only is the government (portrayed as a surprisingly well-organized structure) intent on controlling the truth, so are those who might be accused of the assassination. Although Cole is initially confident about who the bad guys are, the suspense builds as the line separating allies and enemies dissolves, and our hero finds out quite a lot about himself, his father, and the lengths to which the government will go to keep its secrets. --Kimberly Crouch

]]> 12459 3.48 286 48 1165650 0451184793 9780451184795 8 <![CDATA[The Vulture Fund]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181567975m/1165650.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1165650.The_Vulture_Fund 3.52 60 The Takeover presents a novel of deadly duplicity on Wall Street, featuring a young investment wizard who discovers political corruption behind a multi-billion-dollar deal. Reprint. AB. PW. ]]> 12459 3.48 286 48 44630 0451190149 9780451190147 5 <![CDATA[The Inner Sanctum]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170266444m/44630.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44630.The_Inner_Sanctum 3.50 52 The Takeover and The Vulture Fund, both available in paperback. The Inner Sanctum pits smart, ambitious, underpaid IRS agent Jesse Hayes against smart, ambitious, overpaid portfolio fund manager David Mitchell in a story about corporate greed and political corruption that reads like a cover of Time or Newsweek.]]> 12459 3.48 286 48 4035990 1597228206 9781597228206 18 <![CDATA[Forced Out]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4035990.Forced_Out 3.28 43 12459 3.48 286 48 1227044 0451184785 9780451184788 3 <![CDATA[The Takeover]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182052969m/1227044.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1227044.The_Takeover 3.31 26 PW. LJ. ]]> 12459 3.48 286 48 2430150 0786289864 9780786289868 1 <![CDATA[The Power Broker]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2430150.The_Power_Broker 3.50 6
Christian’s own attention is on Las Vegas, where he means to stake out a piece of the action by opening a new casino and launching an NFL franchise. But Sin City didn’t get its nickname for nothing, and the mob soon makes it clear that Christian’s company will have to pay if it wants to play in the nation’s gaming capital. Christian has already taken on corporate pirates and cold-blooded assassins and lived to tell about it, but crossing the underworld could do more than just kill his brilliant career. It could crush his chance to fulfill his late father’s political legacy.

Dynamic U.S. senator Jesse Ford is the odds-on favorite to make history as the first black president. And the man he wants beside him in the red-hot race for the White House is Christian Gillette. But Samuel Hewitt, a Texas mogul with billions to burn, has another fate in mind for Christian: to be part of a shadow organization, powered by wealth and bound by dark secrets that has manipulated the course of American history for generations.

As the pieces of Hewitt’s plot fall into place, and a twisted chain of intrigue, treachery, blackmail, and death gets tighter and tighter, Christian realizes–maybe too late–that in a grudge match between kingmakers hell-bent on victory at all costs, he may be the last pawn sacrificed.

With The Power Broker, bestselling author Stephen Frey unleashes an ever-accelerating thriller that breaks the suspense barrier–and never stops.]]> 12459 3.48 286 48 2042994 0140267875 9780140267877 0 <![CDATA[Absolute Proof]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2042994.Absolute_Proof 3.17 6 12459 3.48 286 48 5116977 1568953909 9781568953908 0 <![CDATA[The Vulture Fund]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5116977.The_Vulture_Fund 4.50 4 12459 3.48 286 48 4977052 1572705043 9781572705043 0 <![CDATA[The Protege]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4977052.The_Protege 4.00 2 12459 3.48 286 48 3665311 0786223200 9780786223206 0 <![CDATA[The Insider]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3665311.The_Insider 4.00 1 All before the opening bell.

Hungry to play in the big leagues, Jay West lands a coveted position with a powerful Wall Street investment firm, working as the handpicked protégé of the successful, charismatic Oliver Mason. But Jay soon suspects that Oliver's stellar track record is more than a result of hard work or good luck. The man seems to have everything--including a violent temper and a boundless desire for money and prestige.

Then a trusted coworker is brutally murdered. With a conspiracy of deceit and corruption closing around him, Jay races to untangle the sordid lies that have quickly and too conveniently blackened his name. Trusting no one, Jay must rely on his own cunning and wits to stay in the game--and to stay alive.]]> 12459 3.48 286 48