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1) Need you now
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English
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Abe Cushman, the evil genius behind a $60 billion Ponzi scheme, has killed himself and taken his secrets to the grave. A young financial advisor and his girlfriend uncover a conspiracy that reaches from Wall Street deep into the halls of government. With nowhere to turn and no one to trust, Patrick and Lilly must uncover the truth before they become collateral damage in a "financial war" in which casualties are no longer measured in dollars and cents....
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Vine mess volume 2
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English
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"After losing her job and her fiancé in one fell swoop, Natalie Vos returned home to lick her wounds. A few months later, she's ready to get back on her feet, but she needs her trust fund to finance her new business venture. Unfortunately, the terms require she marry before she can have the money. August Cates is determined to do his late best friend proud running his vineyard, but he doesn't know jack about making wine. His tasting room is empty,...
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Dick Francis novels volume 1
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English
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Nicholas Foxton, a former jockey who suffered a career-ending injury, is out for a day at the Grand National races when his friend and coworker, Herb Kovak, is murdered right in front of him and 60,000 other potential witnesses. As he struggles to come to terms with Kovak's seemingly inexplicable death, Foxton begins to question how well he knew his friend. Was the murder a case of mistaken identity or something more sinister?
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John March novels volume 2
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English
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Private investigator John March is hired to find missing Wall Street analyst Gregory Danes. Once ubiquitous on television, Danes's star went into steep decline along with the stock market; he's best known now for his volatile temper and his obsession with restoring his tattered reputation. His ex-wife wants to know why the alimony checks have stopped, but what seems to be a straightforward missing persons case becomes something much more deadly.
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The battle of the sexes rages on in this smart, witty, and extremely timely comedy from the phenomenally popular Jane Heller
At first, Manhattan financial planner Melanie Banks adores Dan Swain, her pro football player husband who's got a sexy Oklahoma drawl to go with his athletic good looks. But then his career comes to a screeching halt and he spends the next few years out of a job, seemingly unconcerned about it. Suddenly, she's the one bringing...
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"Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she's given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle...
7) Top producer
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Series
Grove O’Rourke novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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In the wake of a man's graphic murder in front of hundreds of party-goers, the victim's best friend, investment expert Grove O'Rourke, is entreated by the man's widow for help, a situation that is further complicated by a dark secret and an expensive cover-up.
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Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Norb Vonnegut didn't realize how close he skirted to nonfiction when he was writing his spectacular debut Top Producer. Penned before tumultuous revelations and scandals rocked the financial world in late 2008, Vonnegut's novel depicts, with an insider's solid knowledge, the tricks that the industry's real top producers pull in their frenzied pursuit of billions. Now Vonnegut sets his electrifying follow-up in the high-rolling world of hedge funds,...
9) The trust
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Series
Grove O’Rourke novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Temporarily taking charge of a philanthropic organization when its real-estate magnate owner dies under suspicious circumstances, stockbroker Grove O'Rourke discovers that the fund's charitable donations are being used for illicit purposes.
10) The shadow box
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Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
A novel on counterfeit drugs featuring Michael Fallon, pharmaceutical analyst for a Wall Street investment firm. Fallon uncovers an international ring selling cheap, diluted drugs to pharmacies, which pass them on to the unsuspecting consumer. The discovery makes him the target of killers.
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Publisher
Diogenes
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
Deutsch
Description
As one of the youngest-ever winners of the Grand National, Nick "Foxy" Foxton was enjoying his career as a world-class jockey. It was on perfect track-until a near-fatal accident cut his dream brutally sort. When he returns to Aintree as a spectator years later, nothing can prepare him for what unfolds
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Virginia Kelly mystery volume 1
Publisher
ReQueered Tales
Pub. Date
[2020], ©1991.
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English
Description
"When businesswoman Virginia Kelly, a black lesbian, meets her old college chum Bev Johnson for drinks late one night, Bev confides that her lover, Kelsey, is seeing another woman. Ginny had picked up that gossip months ago, but she is shocked when the next morning's papers report that Kelsey was found murdered behind the very bar where Ginny and Bev had met. Worried that her friend could be implicated, Ginny decides to track down Kelsey's killer...
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