Black Fridays: A Novel

Michael Sears

Sep 2012 · A Jason Stafford Novel Book 1 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

One of Booklist's "Year's Best Crime Novels"

After two years in federal prison, Jason Stafford is no longer welcome on Wall Street. But due to his financial crime expertise, one firm wants him to quietly look for irregularities in the books of one of their junior traders, whose body was just pulled from the Long Island Sound.

Raising an autistic five-year-old alone, Stafford can’t refuse the lucrative offer. The job is supposed to last two weeks, tops. But soon he’s facing threats and intimidation, and more people are dying. Stafford must fight for his life—while struggling to save his son from a different kind of danger…

Nominated for the Edgar® Award for Best First Novel

Ratings and reviews

This is an excellent read you won't be able to put down. Jason Stafford happens to be a lovable character Despite his past. Stafford manages to change his life around while getting to learn the mysteries of his child's world,along with the corruption and mysteries of Wall street.

hard to get through the trading jargon.

About the author

Michael Sears spent more than twenty years on Wall Street, rising to the position of managing director in the bond trading and underwriting divisions of Paine Webber and, later, Jefferies & Company, before leaving the business in 2005. He lives in Sea Cliff, New York, with his wife, artist Barbara Segal, and is at work on a new novel featuring Jason Stafford and his son.