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The Ponzi Scheme
The Ponzi Schene is a legal thriller about Jake, a recently divorced Chicago attorney, gets caught up in a hunt for international Ponzi scheme criminals. The adventure starts in Germany, goes through Paris, and climaxes in Chicago where all of Jake's legal skills will be tested. During the chase, he meets Suzanne, a compelling German doctor, but can she be trusted?
440 pages, Paperback
First published December 10, 2013
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February 6, 2015
"The Ponzi Scheme by Howard Prossnitz is an international thriller that starts out strong with a suspicious investor driving down the Autoban going to find out why the Deutsche Financials phones are out of order. He doesn’t make it. This starts a series of events that brings in a litigation lawyer from Chicago, Jake Farley who is the main character. Jake is having a bad week after being fired from his law firm because of downsizing and then finding his girl in a shower with another man. Fate intervenes when he gets a call from another lawyer in Germany telling him that his friend’s father was killed in a suspicious auto crash. This is where the web of the story starts expanding. Jake decides to go to Germany and find out the real story behind the death and the tie in with Deutsche Financials. He meets other swindled investors and decides to take them on as clients to try and get their money back, because there is a tie in with a clearing house bank in Chicago. The story turns into a high stakes thriller from this point on. Who can he trust? The woman he meets on a plane? Is this part of a larger conspiracy? Is he out of his league?
Prossnitz, the author, infuses the story with a host of minor characters both from Germany and the US. You can tell he has spent time in Germany before writing this. The dialogue between the characters flows well. Prossnitz brings the novel to life with his descriptive detail. He can be too descriptive in parts distracting the reader from the story line. It is a readers preference, many readers like full detail and background history of characters. He does a great job of that as if he is living the moment.
As the story progresses, Jake is going to trial to get the investors’ funds back and he has become a liability from the things he has learned. His life and the lives of countless others are now in jeopardy as the stakes of this scheme start getting out of control. How far is he willing to risk it all? The Ponzi Scheme will take you to the mindset of the ultimate con man mixed with the relentless pursuit for justice. Reading this might save you a fortune." TBR-TopBookReviewers
Prossnitz, the author, infuses the story with a host of minor characters both from Germany and the US. You can tell he has spent time in Germany before writing this. The dialogue between the characters flows well. Prossnitz brings the novel to life with his descriptive detail. He can be too descriptive in parts distracting the reader from the story line. It is a readers preference, many readers like full detail and background history of characters. He does a great job of that as if he is living the moment.
As the story progresses, Jake is going to trial to get the investors’ funds back and he has become a liability from the things he has learned. His life and the lives of countless others are now in jeopardy as the stakes of this scheme start getting out of control. How far is he willing to risk it all? The Ponzi Scheme will take you to the mindset of the ultimate con man mixed with the relentless pursuit for justice. Reading this might save you a fortune." TBR-TopBookReviewers
December 15, 2014
A great John Grisham type page turner with lots of drama, and humor to boot. A wonderful read. Available on amazon.com
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