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Ex-Wall Street trader, ex-con, and devoted father to an autistic son, Jason Stafford first appeared in Black Fridays, “one of the year’s finest crime debuts” (Booklist). Now, in Mortal Bonds, he goes to work for the wealthy family of a financial criminal…
William von Becker’s multibillion-dollar fund was limited to only the luckiest investors. Or so they thought.
After the house of cards collapses and the disgraced von Becker commits suicide in prison, his family asks Jason Stafford to find out where the money is—and who is targeting them with attempted kidnappings. There are plenty of angry suspects to take a look at. But with roughly three billion of von Becker’s ill-gotten dollars floating around somewhere, there are other interested parties as well. They’re determined. They’re powerful. And they’re not nearly as polite as the Feds…
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- Sales Rank: #300772 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-10-01
- Released on: 2013-10-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Booklist
Former Wall Streeter Sears follows up the Edgar-nominated Black Fridays (2012) with a story of Madoff-like financial corruption, murder, and redemption. Former trader Jason Stafford, who has served time in prison for his own financial misdeeds, is hired by members of the family of William Von Becker, whose presumed suicide while in prison for an elaborate Ponzi scheme has left a vacuum contended for by family members and associates. There is the matter of some three billion dollars left unaccounted for and eagerly sought by federal investigators, international bankers, a hugely wealthy Colombian American, and several freelancers. Sears handles the action knowingly if at times incredibly, and Stafford’s own family drama (his autistic son, troublesome ex-wife, and her mother and brother) lend a personal dimension to a complex story. Sears has a good feel for New York, where most of the action is set, for the world of finance (intelligently explained), for dialogue, and for the thriller genre, though he includes too many characters and more than a little needless filler. --Mark Levine
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Praise for Mortal Bonds
“A twisty tale of greed, double-crossing and families bonds both good and very, very bad. Grade: A”— Cleveland Plain-Dealer
“Sears’ brisk plot packs in believable action while also delivering a heartfelt character study of a man trying to rebuild his life.”—Mystery Scene
“Sears expertly continues to use financial corruption as a cautionary tale about greed while delivering a heartfelt character study of a man rebuilding his life.”—South Florida Sun-Sentinel
“Jason Stafford, whose first case in Black Fridays sent author Michael Sears’ critical stock soaring, has personal and professional problems of his own in his second high-stakes adventure.”—The Wall Street Journal
“The bestselling author who brought readers the unforgettable novel, “Black Fridays,” has most definitely followed up with a sequel that will blow your mind. This, like the first novel, will be one book you’ll want to read over and over again.”—Suspense Magazine
“Sears’s knowledge of investment banking makes the plot compelling . . . Deft, witty prose is a plus.”—Publishers Weekly
“As densely plotted as Sears’ strong debut (Black Fridays, 2012), with complications that keep mounting in the race to the final curtain.”—Kirkus Reviews
“A touching, tense, and terrific thriller.”—Library Journal
“Sears has a good feel for New York, where most of the action is set, for the world of finance (intelligently explained), for dialogue, and for the thriller genre.”—Booklist
About the Author
Michael Sears spent over twenty years on Wall Street, rising to become a managing director at Paine Webber and Jefferies & Co., before leaving the business in 2005. He is the author of the Shamus Award-winning and Edgar-nominated Black Fridays (Duckworth), and is at work on a third book featuring Jason Stafford and his son.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
An enjoyable and savvy financial thriller
By B. Case
What drew me to this novel was the chance to explore the type of people and financial dealing that might surround the aftermath of the collapse of an immense Bernie-Madoff-like Ponzi scheme. "Mortal Bonds," by Michael Sears, is a savvy streetwise financial thriller that deals with exactly those issues.
This book held my attention and taught me about the sleazy side of the slick billion-dollar world of high finance, Ponzi schemes, and international money laundering. As an added bonus, I was pleased to discover that the writing was exceptional, much better than I expected from a popular genre novel.
The 2008 Madoff Scandal had a huge emotional impact on me. There was so much about it that I did not fully understand. In particular, I could not grasp the psychology of the people behind the scandal. When I saw what this book was about, I hoped it might help me get inside the minds of the type of people that were capable of perpetrating these horrendous white-collar crimes. This book helped me do that.
The author knows his subject. He's a very bright, retired Wall Street financial insider. In interviews available on the Web, the author admits that he has known, personally and professionally, all of the types of financial characters he writes about in his novels; however, he makes it clear that nothing in this book (or in his previous book) is based on real people or real events. What I liked best about this book is that it offered me the opportunity to take a safe backseat journey into this corrupt financial landscape.
Although the book did not disappoint, it fell short of being a wholly compelling and realistic thriller. I was intrigued during the first half when the author was introducing his readers to many of the book's important secondary characters and informing us about their extraordinary and convoluted financial cons. But I began to lose interest in the second part when these white-collar financial types got caught up in dangerous cat-and-mouse, double-cross, physically dangerous, criminal capers...although these events were entertaining, they were (at least for me) less than convincing.
The main character, Jason Stafford, is a self-possessed Wall Street financial genius. He is also a loving and fiercely protective single dad of a six-year-old autistic son. Their father-son bond is delightful to read about and, for me, one of the high-points of this novel. Jason's girlfriend, Skeli, and ex-wife, Angie, are also strong and entertaining secondary characters. In fact, Jason's personal life forms an integral part of the overall plot, and this aspect alone sets this financial thriller apart from many others in its genre.
The character of Jason Stafford is intriguing. He's a former successful Wall Street trader who was convicted and sent to prison for two years on accounting fraud. Now on parole, the only type of jobs he can get are those where his employer is trying to uncover other major financial accounting frauds. With Jason, some of his employers are the "good guys" and some are on the other side. He makes friends and useful connections wherever he can find them. What is interesting about Jason is that he's a man on the path to redemption, but he's a man who just barely manages to keep himself inside the borders of morality. Basically, he's a good man, but so morally flawed, he emerges from the pages as totally authentic.
I'm not an avid fan of financial thrillers nor am I likely to read more books by this author, but I'm sure I'll well remember Jason Safford and his son...and that says a lot about the overall quality of this enjoyable and intellectually smart financial thriller.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Nice Play On Words
By Scott E. High
Michael Sears has written a second book that is even better than the first, although BLACK FRIDAYS was an innovative and refreshing look at the shady side of high finance in our time. His main character, Jason Stafford, once again maneuvers through more than one difficult plot. His personal agenda involves the growing relationship with his autistic son and the other deals with his new endeavor as a financial "fixer". The word "fixer" is much more descriptive than "consultant" or "investigator" because Jason finds things and solves problems at the same time. And he's not above finagling things to work out a substantial financial reward for himself.
The main subject of this story parallels the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, a financial crime of concealment that has been with us for generations. To loosely paraphrase P.T. Barnum, there's a bunch of rich suckers no matter where you look. For a Ponzi scheme to work for any period of time, the inflow of new money from investors has to exceed the monies paid out to the initial investors. Greed (and being smarter than everybody else) obviously plays a major part. You can't cheat investors out of billions of dollars without the investors coming to you with billions of dollars. And it takes an incredible financial salesman to pull it off, someone who looks the part, walks the walk, and is a pathological liar. For potential investors won't believe someone who doesn't believe in himself . Pathological liars will say anything in the most convincing manner in order to better their agenda. They truly believe what they are saying, which makes it extremely difficult for the average person to discover the lie(s). Trust me, I know. My brother-in-law is schizophrenic and bipolar. New acquaintances don't have a clue who they're dealing with--including the psychiatrists.
Mr. Sears continues to educate his readers about the myriad problems caused by autism. I find his descriptions fascinating and interesting. His secondary characters could use a little more depth and backstory, as they all appear to be a little uncomfortable in their own skins. The only other concern I have is that Jason Stafford as a character seems to have matured rather quickly into someone who can handle the difficult and extremely stressful problems that naturally result by working with the FBI and SEC, power families, drug cartels, financial felons, bodyguards, and Russian hit men. He seems to have grown from a somewhat timid Clark Kent into a financial Superman, able to digest and solve complex problems in a single bound. Just a little too much too quickly.
But Mr. Sear's second novel continues to be entertaining and informative. He is entering the writing profession with intial skills that should make him a multiple prize-winning author. Good luck to him. Please bring on another book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
A lively and entertaining genre thriller
By S. McGee
When we meet Jason Stafford at the beginning of this above-average genre financial thriller, he's about to land on a helipad in Newport, Rhode Island, where he'll meet with surviving members of a Madoff-like family. Their unlikely request: find a missing $3 billion in cash that they can turn over to the Feds in exchange for some peace and quiet in which to rebuild their lives.
Of course, in thriller-land, nothing is ever that straightforward, and without much ado, Stafford finds himself in the midst of a rather complicated and nasty conspiracy to which he and those he loves may fall victim if he can't figure out a great way to play both sides off against the middle. Of course, Stafford's own background as a Wall Street trader, albeit disgraced, comes in handy -- he's accustomed to doing just that.
This is a particularly good example of the growing array of financial thrillers making their appearance on the scene in the post-financial crisis environment. Sears may have spent a few decades in the trenches of Wall Street, but he thinks like a writer and a novelist, refusing to get bogged down in the jargon and details of trading desks. (If you panic when you see the word "derivative" or "trading desk", don't worry: Sears does a good job of laying it all out and then, too, you can follow the gist of the plot without understanding all the financial nuances.)
This isn't the first novel to feature Jason Stafford, although it's the first that I've read. It might have added somewhat to my enjoyment had I been a little more familiar with the backstory but it's definitely not necessary: Sears slips in enough background detail that I never felt puzzled or perplexed by the characters or their actions. (That said, there are events toward the end of this novel that suggest the same won't be true of book #3 -- or at least, you won't find it easy to go back and read this after reading a third book, given that there is one big plot thread that undergoes a significant change late in the book. (Trying not to deliver up any spoilers!)
As someone with more than a passing familiarity with Wall Street myself, I may not be a typical reader, but I don't think is aimed only at Sears's former colleagues, who will be able to chuckle knowingly and point to individual characters as people they know in real life. It may not be great literature, but it's a well-written, coherent, engaging and fast-paced thriller, a great book to keep you entertained on a wintry weekend or a beach holiday. Recommended on that basis.
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