Black Fridays - Softcover

Exciting and compelling * Wall Street Journal * Author Michael Sears clearly knows his way around the financial world. What makes his debut novel, Black Fridays, stand out from other financial thrillers is Staffords devotion to his 5-year-old son, who is severely autistic Black Fridays is definitely worth the investment * Associated Press * An exciting and fascinating tale of big money and even bigger crime, an insider's glimpse into a world where fortunes can be made or lost at the click of a button and the stakes can be life and death. More than a gripping procedural, it's a moving, deeply human story -- Joseph Finder

Winner of the Shamus award and shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel' After two years in federal prison, Jason Stafford is no longer welcome on Wall Street. He's putting the pieces of his life back together when one firm sees his expertise in financial crime as an asset and wants him to quietly look for irregularities in the books of one of their junior traders, whose body was just pulled from the Long Island Sound. As a single father raising an autistic five-year-old, Stafford can't refuse the lucrative offer. The job is meant to last two weeks, but soon he's caught up in more than he bargained for, facing threats and intimidation, and the bodies are piling up. Stafford must fight for his life while struggling to save his son from a different kind of danger...