Financial machinations leading to violence and greed involve corporate financial advisor Richard Wells in a complex web when he decides to investigate a financially troubled company that he had personally advised

Rich Man's Blood

Literature & Fiction

Boland, John C.

United States

St Martins Pr

Smart-mouthed, low-key stockbroker Donald McCarry made his debut in 1991 in Brokered Death, in which he investigated a financial scam that took him to Paris before returning him to the bulls and bears of Wall Street. His third case begins with a relatively innocent trip to Israel before deteriorating into another typical McCarry mess.Slightly more scrupulous than his peers, McCarry is nevertheless perfectly willing to fake interest in a risky international venture if it means a few days away from work and his lovely, shallow fiancee Stacy Kimball, who is nagging him to find a more prestigious career. The rigors of New York pale in comparison to what he finds in Jerusalem, though.His friend Harry Brickman, high on the financial success he foresees for Agritech Consultants Limited, is kidnapped at gunpoint while the two are driving through the desert countryside. At loose ends while Harry's disappearance is investigated, McCarry continues his desultory research of Agritech, spending time with its delectable administrator Esther Sennesh. Seeing Agritech's operations and going over their books, he realizes that the business will never see the massive returns Harry is forecasting. Harry is either lying or being lied to, and when he reappears, only to be killed soon after, McCarry's instincts are screaming. Was Harry cheating his own firm and friends or was he an innocent bystander? Is the Israeli government involved, or maybe the Americans? The trail leads McCarry back to Wall Street and some less than comfortable situations before he gets the answers he wants.

Death in Jerusalem: A Donald McCarry Mystery

Richard Welles of Rich Man's Blood gets involved in treachery, greed, and murder in the complicated financial world of corporate real estate after he rescues the daughter of a real estate baron from a plane crash.

The Margin

2012 Edgar nominee John C. Boland's "Last Island South" was nominated by both the International Thriller Writers Association and the Private Eye Writers of America as "best short story" in 2009. Here are two dozen Boland stories from Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen mystery magazines. . . . A lethal game for unhappy little boys . . . A playwright "editing" his cast . . . An old spy's daughter in Key West. Literate and chilling. ("Style, substance, and versatility"--EQMM. "An entertaining whodunit. Great fun!"--USA Today on EASY MONEY. "Hang on around the corners!"--Washington Times on DEATH IN JERUSALEM.)

30 Years in the Pulps

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Perfect Crime

USA Today called JOHN C. BOLAND's debut novel EASY MONEY (St. Martin's Press) an "Entertaining whodunit. Great fun!" In Boland's new Key West thriller, LAST ISLAND SOUTH, novice investigator Meggie Trevor is so broke she'll take on any client who pays cash. That includes an old Conch named Hub Bennell, who figures she'll protect him better if she doesn't know too much. The town's mayor is missing. So is an arms dealer's yacht. With Feds and old CIA hands on the prowl, nobody has warned Meggie that staying alive in rowdy Key Wasted is a full-time job. Boland is the author of six previous novels from St. Martin's Press and Pocket Books. The Shamus nominee and International Thriller Writers finalist is also the author of 30 YEARS IN THE PULPS, a new collection of novelettes and short stories from the pages of Alfred Hitchcock's and Ellery Queen's mystery magazines.

Last Island South

Perfect Crime Books

30 Years in the Pulps: Stories of Mystery & Suspense

Outskirts Pr

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly: "Superior science fiction thriller. . . . Boland's taut atmospherics are top-notch, and the evolutionary themes he explores are easily accessible to nonscientists." Mystery Scene review: "A riveting scientific suspense novel on the order of the popular Preston and Child thrillers. . . . Boland makes complicated theories about DNA and genetically linked illnesses easily understood. And in contrast to many science-heavy suspense novelists, Boland also has the ability to create three-dimensional characters. [The hero's] love life is a mess; Silas Merton, the island's mayor and only clergyman, is also the town drunk; . . . and even brutish Luther turns out to be much, much more than your average killer. . . . Hominid never fails to make for exciting reading." (Betty Webb)Kirkus said John C. Boland's DEATH IN JERUSALEM "roars along like a BMW in heat." Now Boland--two-time Shamus nominee and International Thriller Writers finalist--imagines a species-wide conflict in a fast-paced science thriller. Archaeologist David Isaac joins a team excavating a crypt on a remote island where a colonial-era family lies buried. By local lore, the family were "devils." The expedition's leader hopes to revive his career by proving they were murdered by neighbors in a burst of religious hysteria. But these cadavers harbor an older and deadlier secret. And nobody is prepared for what is about to emerge. Evolution is deadly.

Hominid

Thrillers & Suspense

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publishers Weekly: "A mix of old-line Commies, red-diaper babies and more recent Russian emigres. . . . Engaging." Tamar Gillespie, a young artist married to a disabled policeman, cares nothing for the political passions that roiled her small Connecticut community fifty years ago. But when the community board agrees to host a family of Jewish refugees from the new Russia, Tamar finds that idealism can hide darker truths. Are these truths better left buried, even if they conceal a murder? For Tamar, who has plunged into an extramarital affair, the answer as to what should remain hidden is far from clear. Booklist: "Historical-mystery readers who enjoy political debates will find much to appreciate here."

The Man Who Knew Brecht

F. Paul Wilson: "I love a good science thriller, and this one is a helluva read."Starred Review, Publishers Weekly: "Superior science fiction thriller. . . . Boland's taut atmospherics are top-notch, and the evolutionary themes he explores are easily accessible to nonscientists." Mystery Scene review: "A riveting scientific suspense novel on the order of the popular Preston and Child thrillers. . . . Boland makes complicated theories about DNA and genetically linked illnesses easily understood. And in contrast to many science-heavy suspense novelists, Boland also has the ability to create three-dimensional characters. [The hero's] love life is a mess; Silas Merton, the island's mayor and only clergyman, is also the town drunk; . . . and even brutish Luther turns out to be much, much more than your average killer. . . . Hominid never fails to make for exciting reading." (Betty Webb)Kirkus said John C. Boland's DEATH IN JERUSALEM "roars along like a BMW in heat." Now Boland--two-time Shamus nominee and International Thriller Writers finalist--imagines a species-wide conflict in a fast-paced science thriller. Archaeologist David Isaac joins a team excavating a crypt on a remote island where a colonial-era family lies buried. By local lore, the family were "devils." The expedition's leader hopes to revive his career by proving they were murdered by neighbors in a burst of religious hysteria. But these cadavers harbor an older and deadlier secret. And nobody is prepared for what is about to emerge. Evolution is deadly.

The Spy Who Knew Nothing

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Rich Man's Blood

Death in Jerusalem: A Donald McCarry Mystery

The Margin

30 Years in the Pulps

Last Island South

30 Years in the Pulps: Stories of Mystery & Suspense

Hominid

The Man Who Knew Brecht

Hominid

The Spy Who Knew Nothing