Wall Street-refugee Morris brings an appealingly wild-eyed
enthusiasm to his first novel, a nonetheless formulaic and
credibility-straining financial thriller. When attorney and family
friend Jason Ayers offers down-on-his-luck nice-guy Peter Neil a
job with his client, Stenman Partners, Peter is unaware that his
mother's recent death is one of three connected to the top hedge
fund. SEC investigator Oliver Dawson knows but can't do anything
about it. Blocked at every turn by the Director of Enforcement's
Special Assistant, a Stenman mole, he can't prove the connection or
anything else, despite incriminating papers sent to him anonymously
by Peter's mother. Trouble is, all potential witnesses mysteriously
die. After briefly reconnecting with Ayers's daughter, Kate, for a
night of great sex, Peter is plunged into the manic world of
trading, making millions for the firm in the course of a day,
bankrupting Third World nations, through currency trading,
overnight. Exotic, mysterious, lethal beauty Sarah Guzman, who
brings the firm billions in dirty money from drug cartels, suspects
that Peter received smoking-gun documents from his mother; he did,
but he hasn't looked at them. Despite the firm's armed mercenaries
and all the shady goings-on, when he's approached by Dawson-who's
discredited and officially off the case, but secretly reporting to
the Director-Peter declines to turn over the papers, at least until
the tracking devices he discovers in his sneakers change his mind.
Now a threat to the firm, Peter is framed for rape and murder
through the prescient theft, months earlier, of his microwave oven
and the sheets he slept on with Kate, who, having just passed the
bar, shows up to prove his innocence by announcing that her fluids
will be found on the sheets as well. With the help of Kate, Dawson,
and the SEC, Peter sets up a risky and elaborate sting that brings
down Stenman Partners-after which Peter and Dawson get their
respective girls. A breathless, giddy, over-the-top tour of popular
cliche. (Kirkus Reviews)
You are invited to enter the world of high stakes and low morals
insider trading, where winning no matter how it's done is measured
by how much money you have at day's end. Join Peter Neil as he is
sucked into a situation that soon spins out of control. Come
experience what happens when a young man with a good heart is
tempted with unimaginable wealth; when a love affair gets tangled
with long-buried family secrets; when a persistent SEC agent
matches wits with ruthless businesspeople who think nothing of
murder of individuals and of entire countries' economies! 'Man in
the Middle' blurs the line between today's business headlines and
fiction. Written by a man described as a 'former Master of Wall
Street by the London Times, this novel takes you deep inside the
inner working of today's capital markets, and simultaneously makes
it understandable and gripping.
General
Imprint: |
Bancroft Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2003 |
First published: |
March 2003 |
Authors: |
Ken Morris
|
Dimensions: |
155 x 230 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
282 |
Edition: |
1st ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-890862-25-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-890862-25-8 |
Barcode: |
9781890862251 |
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