Rudiger – The Prequels
About 18 months ago I wrote a short story, Rudiger, and a blog about it, Mark Knopfler, Rüdiger and Me (read it here), that introduced the character of John Rudiger, fugitive financier. I titled the story and created John Rudiger based on emotions evoked by a song called "Rüdiger" by Mark Knopfler (See Knopfler perform it here.) In Rudiger, John Rudiger is living under an alias in Antigua. He ran off with close to $100 million from his hedge fund and is now down to his last $2 million. Katie Dolan, a lawyer with the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York, is sent to Antigua to try to get enough evidence to extradite Rudiger back to the U.S. to stand trial. Rudiger recruits her to help him retrieve $50 million of bearer bonds from a safe deposit box in New York.
Since then I’ve gotten to know Rudiger better, including writing a novel about Rudiger’s exploits after the Rudiger short story, which is finished but still in editing process. I’ve also released two short stories and a novella that are prequels to the Rudiger short story. The short stories are Rudiger Comes Alive and Rudiger in the Islands. The novella is Rudiger in Peril.
Click on cover to buy on AmazonIn Rudiger Comes Alive, hotshot Wall Streeter Walter Conklin is a wunderkind hedge fund manager who runs a $1 billion technology fund. He’s on a roll until his CFO cooks the books to overstate their results to raise more money. The only way out for Conklin is to insist his CFO keep cooking them until he can equal those returns. But the Feds are on to him, so Conklin needs to act fast before they can throw him in jail—just as the NASDAQ crashes from its historic highs. In the end, Conklin needs to come to terms with the markets, his smart-mouthed wife, and Charlie Holden, Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York.
Rudiger Comes Aliveis a 13,000 word short story, chronologically the first of the Rudiger stories.
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Click on cover to buy on AmazonIn Rudiger in the Islands, Rudiger adopts Antigua as his new home: he’s building a house and settling in to the islands way of life. Then Charlie Holden, Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York, gets a tip and sends one of his staff lawyers down to get the goods on Rudiger and extradite him to stand trial. In order to outwit Holden and his man, Rudiger needs to establish his credentials as an Antiguan national, so he enlists the help of the double-dealing local police—who will sell their allegiance to the highest bidder. Rudiger is forced to think on the fly to adapt to the machinations of both parties as he improvises to try to stay out of jail.
Rudiger in the Islands is a 20,000 word short story, chronologically the second of the Rudiger stories.
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Click on cover to buy on AmazonIn Rudiger in Peril, Rudiger has settled into Antigua as his new home. He gets a surprising phone call from Charlie Holden, Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York, who’s been trying to extradite Rudiger back to the U.S. to stand trial. Holden tells Rudiger his former partner and CFO has been murdered in the U.S. by one of Rudiger’s hedge fund investors who lost millions and is out for revenge. And the investor’s hired killer is now in Antigua stalking Rudiger. Rudiger is forced to align himself with Holden as an unlikely ally as he tries to figure out which of his investors could be after him and help Holden stop him—before the hitman catches up with Rudiger.
Rudiger in Peril is a 28,000 word novella, chronologically the third of the Rudiger stories.
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Click on cover to buy on AmazonIn Rudiger, John Rudiger is now a long-term fugitive financier who's been living under his alias in Antigua for 10 years. He's down to his last $2 million. Katie Dolan, a lawyer with the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York, is sent to Antigua to try to get enough evidence to extradite Rudiger back to the U.S. to stand trial. Rudiger recruits her to help him retrieve $50 million of bearer bonds from a safe deposit box in New York.
Katie is no dope, and neither is Rudiger, and each one has to figure out who's scamming who as they work their plan to sneak the bonds out from under the nose of Charlie Holden, Katie's boss, the Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York, who's wise to both of them.
Rudiger is a 10,000 word short story, chronologically the fourth of the Rudiger stories.
Read a sample of Rudiger
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Since then I’ve gotten to know Rudiger better, including writing a novel about Rudiger’s exploits after the Rudiger short story, which is finished but still in editing process. I’ve also released two short stories and a novella that are prequels to the Rudiger short story. The short stories are Rudiger Comes Alive and Rudiger in the Islands. The novella is Rudiger in Peril.
Click on cover to buy on AmazonIn Rudiger Comes Alive, hotshot Wall Streeter Walter Conklin is a wunderkind hedge fund manager who runs a $1 billion technology fund. He’s on a roll until his CFO cooks the books to overstate their results to raise more money. The only way out for Conklin is to insist his CFO keep cooking them until he can equal those returns. But the Feds are on to him, so Conklin needs to act fast before they can throw him in jail—just as the NASDAQ crashes from its historic highs. In the end, Conklin needs to come to terms with the markets, his smart-mouthed wife, and Charlie Holden, Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York.Rudiger Comes Aliveis a 13,000 word short story, chronologically the first of the Rudiger stories.
Read a sample of Rudiger Comes Alive
Buy Rudiger Comes Alive: Buy US Buy UK
Click on cover to buy on AmazonIn Rudiger in the Islands, Rudiger adopts Antigua as his new home: he’s building a house and settling in to the islands way of life. Then Charlie Holden, Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York, gets a tip and sends one of his staff lawyers down to get the goods on Rudiger and extradite him to stand trial. In order to outwit Holden and his man, Rudiger needs to establish his credentials as an Antiguan national, so he enlists the help of the double-dealing local police—who will sell their allegiance to the highest bidder. Rudiger is forced to think on the fly to adapt to the machinations of both parties as he improvises to try to stay out of jail.Rudiger in the Islands is a 20,000 word short story, chronologically the second of the Rudiger stories.
Read a sample of Rudiger in the Islands
Buy Rudiger in the Islands: Buy US Buy UK
Click on cover to buy on AmazonIn Rudiger in Peril, Rudiger has settled into Antigua as his new home. He gets a surprising phone call from Charlie Holden, Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York, who’s been trying to extradite Rudiger back to the U.S. to stand trial. Holden tells Rudiger his former partner and CFO has been murdered in the U.S. by one of Rudiger’s hedge fund investors who lost millions and is out for revenge. And the investor’s hired killer is now in Antigua stalking Rudiger. Rudiger is forced to align himself with Holden as an unlikely ally as he tries to figure out which of his investors could be after him and help Holden stop him—before the hitman catches up with Rudiger.Rudiger in Peril is a 28,000 word novella, chronologically the third of the Rudiger stories.
Read a sample of Rudiger in Peril
Buy Rudiger in Peril: Buy US Buy UK
Click on cover to buy on AmazonIn Rudiger, John Rudiger is now a long-term fugitive financier who's been living under his alias in Antigua for 10 years. He's down to his last $2 million. Katie Dolan, a lawyer with the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York, is sent to Antigua to try to get enough evidence to extradite Rudiger back to the U.S. to stand trial. Rudiger recruits her to help him retrieve $50 million of bearer bonds from a safe deposit box in New York.Katie is no dope, and neither is Rudiger, and each one has to figure out who's scamming who as they work their plan to sneak the bonds out from under the nose of Charlie Holden, Katie's boss, the Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York, who's wise to both of them.
Rudiger is a 10,000 word short story, chronologically the fourth of the Rudiger stories.
Read a sample of Rudiger
Buy Rudiger: Buy US Buy UK
Visit David Lender’s Website
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