FINANCIAL MYSTERIES - A Preliminary
Checklist by Ellen Dark
A possible definition of a financial mystery is a crime or detective story in which the primary protagonist is a banker or stockbroker, or in which the primary background is that of the world of banking, big business, investment agencies, or financial markets such as Wall Street. The following books and series were suggested as a result of an inquiry I made on DorothyL in early December, 2005. There are undoubtedly many others not yet included in the list that follows. Please contact Steve at the email address below with any additions (or corrections) to the list. An update will be published later. Jack Anderson - The Japanese
Conspiracy
David Baldacci - Total Control Mark Cohen - The Fractal Murders GDH & Margaret Cole - Death of a Millionaire Big Business Murder Natasha Cooper - Out of the Dark Michael Crichton - Rising Sun Linda Davies - Nest of Vipers A Wilderness of Mirrors Into the Fire Jeffrey Deaver - Mistress of Justice Paul Erdman - The Set-up The Last Days of America Joseph Finder - Paranoia The Zero Hour Stephen Frey - Trust Fund The Takeover Money for Nothing The Bottom Line Called To Account Dangerous Assets Shadow Account Tony Gibbs - Capitol Offense John Harman - Money for Nothing Gini Hartzmark - Bitter Business David Ignatius - The Bank of Fear R.J. Kaiser - Fruitcake Paul Kilduff - Square Mile The Dealer Frontrunner J. Dayne Lamb- various, including A Question of Preference Emma Lathen - John Putnam Thatcher series John Le Carre - Single & Single David Liss - Conspiracy of Paper Arthur Maling - Ripoff Lucky Devil Henning Mankell - Firewall John R. Maxim - The Shadow Box Brad Meltzer - The Millionaires Annette Meyers - The Big Killing Tender Death The Deadliest Option Blood on the Street Murderthe Musical These Bones were made for Dancin' The Groaning Board Richard K. Morgan - Market Forces Janet Neel Meg O'Brien - Sacred Trust Lillian O'Donnell - Used to Kill James Patterson - Black Market Thomas Perry - Death Benefits Dianne Pugh - Cold Call Slow Squeeze Fast Friends (Body Blow -UK) Foolproof Christopher Reich - The Devil's Banker Numbered Account Linda L. Richards - Mad Money The Next Ex Michael Ridpath - Free to Trade The Market Maker Final Venture Fatal Error Maureen Robb - Patterns in Silicon Gavin Robertson - Thousand Joel Rosenberg - The Last Jihad Lawrence Sanders - the Timothy series Steve Shagan - A Cast of Thousands Philip Shelby - By Dawn's Early Light Jim Silver - Assumption of Risk Patricia Smiley - False Profits Cover Your Assets Peter Spiegelman - Black Maps Death's Little Helper Michael M. Thomas - Black Money Sabin Willett - Present Value David Williams - Mark Treasure series, includes Treasure Up in Smoke Note: http://www.skokie.lib.il.us/s_read/rd_booklists/finance.html has a booklist of finance fiction which includes crime novels. Again I want to thank all those who contributed to this list. I could not have done it without any of you Ellen Dark, MLS
Reference Librarian Sarnia Branch Lambton County Library Sarnia, ON Canada www.lclmg.org YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME.
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