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1) The heist
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English
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Just when it seems that international crook Nicolas Fox has been captured for good, he pulls off his greatest con of all: he convinces the FBI to offer him a job, working side by side with Special Agent Kate O'Hare. Problem is, teaming up to stop a corrupt investment banker who's hiding on a private island in Indonesia is going to test O'Hare's patience and Fox's skill -- if the two don't kill each other first.
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The author of the signature bestseller Liar's Poker explains how the event we were told was impossible--the free fall of the American economy--finally occurred; how the things that we wanted, like ridiculously easy money and greatly expanded home ownership, were vehicles for that crash; and how shareholder demand for profit forced investment executives to eat the forbidden fruit of toxic derivatives.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A CIA director with presidential ambitions, but not the cash, hires Arabs to launch a campaign of terror to precipitate economic chaos in the U.S. This will enable him to buy property at a cheap price, later selling it at a profit. The main protagonist is the banker raising money for the purchases.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
An IRS woman takes on the armament industry after her director is murdered. Jesse Hayes learns the director was investigating illegal campaign funds to a senatorial candidate. The funds came from a company which was building a naval fighter plane. By the author of The Vulture Fund.
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