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The thriller to read in 2014, about a single father who is forced to make a choice with unspeakable consequences -- from New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder When single father Danny Goodman suddenly finds himself unable to afford the private school his teenage daughter adores, he has no... Full description
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The thriller to read in 2014, about a single father who is forced to make a choice with unspeakable consequences -- from New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder When single father Danny Goodman suddenly finds himself unable to afford the private school his teenage daughter adores, he has no one to turn to for financial support. In what seems like a stroke of brilliant luck, Danny meets Thomas Galvin, the father of his daughter's new best friend, who also happens to be one of the wealthiest men in Boston. Galvin is aware of Danny's situation and out of the blue offers a dollar50,000 loan to help Danny cover his daughter's tuition. Uncomfortable but desperate, Danny takes the money, promising to pay Galvin back. What transpires is something Danny never imagined. The moment the money is wired into his account, the DEA comes knocking on his door. Danny's impossible choice: an indictment for accepting drug money that he can't afford to... |
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1 online resource. |
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Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 977 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB). |
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9780698158481 |
Author Notes: |
His first book, Red Carpet: The Connection between the Kremlin and America's Most Powerful Businessmen, was published in 1983 and is a nonfiction account of Western capitalists making profits from trade with the communist world. His first novel, The Moscow Club, was published in 1991. His other novels include Extraordinary Powers, The Zero Hour, Paranoia, Power Play, and the Nick Heller series. Company Man won a the Barry and Gumshoe Awards for Best Thriller and Killer Instinct won the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel. High Crimes was adapted into a 2002 Fox film starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman. Finder's novel, The Fixer, made The New York Times best seller list in 2015. In addition to fiction, he writes on espionage and international relations for the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Republic. (Bowker Author Biography) |