Hedge Fund Mischief, Mysterious Deaths Drive Deadly Portfolio, Published by Outskirts
Southport, NC, January 31, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Novelist John J. Hohn today announced the release of Deadly Portfolio, A Killing in Hedge Funds, published by Outskirts Press. Hohn uses his own extensive financial background to craft the intricate and suspenseful narrative of pithy detective James Raker’s investigation of a killer’s silent rampage through the affluent North Carolina lakeside community of Pelican Bay.
About the book (and excerpts):
“Something was wrong at the lake, in the ghetto of millionaires, the colony of self-satisfied…one of their own was dead.” Detective Raker, a recent widower, is skeptical by nature, but his suspicions are fueled by his distrust of those he encounters in his investigation and by his innate resentment of these smug, privileged pillars of the community.
Meanwhile financial planner and stockbroker Morrie Clay seems to have been given a reprieve from discovery of his unauthorized hedge fund trading when the client mysteriously drowns, but he and his wife Monica -- typical baby boomers easily frightened by the potential for their own personal financial collapse -- scramble to act, knowing that Morrie’s illicit trading activities will ultimately be revealed.
Detective Raker must wend his way through this well drawn cast of upper middle class characters, a string of unusual deaths and several local authorities all too willing to jump to “acceptable” conclusions so as to avoid any bad publicity or untoward embarrassment in this prestigious little community. Only when the killer’s third attempt backfires and claims the wrong victim does Raker’s intuitive pursuit begin to pull the final length of string from this ball of tangled motives and social machinations.
Author Hohn not only provides a timely look behind the scenes at the sometimes questionable financial world of hedge funds recently made so attractive to affluent baby boomers, but he also creates for his appreciative readers a good old fashioned mystery and detective story.
Deadly Portfolio is available on-line in paperback through Amazon and Barnes and Noble and at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore for a maximum trade discount in quantities of ten or more.
ISBN: 978-1-4327-5875-2 Format: paperback cream SRP: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-4327-5972-8 Format: 6 x 9 hardback with jacket SRP: $33.95
Genre: Fiction/mystery and detective
About the author:
John J. Hohn, a South Dakotan by birth, worked over forty years in the financial services industry and retired in 2007 after seventeen years with Merrill Lynch in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He holds an English degree form St. John’s University (MN, 1961). Father of five children, he inherited a stepson in his 1986 marriage to Melinda Folger McLeod.
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/deadlyportfolio.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.: Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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Outskirts Press, Inc., 10940 S. Parker Rd. - 515, Parker, Colorado 80134
http://outskirtspress.com 1-888-OP-BOOKS
About the book (and excerpts):
“Something was wrong at the lake, in the ghetto of millionaires, the colony of self-satisfied…one of their own was dead.” Detective Raker, a recent widower, is skeptical by nature, but his suspicions are fueled by his distrust of those he encounters in his investigation and by his innate resentment of these smug, privileged pillars of the community.
Meanwhile financial planner and stockbroker Morrie Clay seems to have been given a reprieve from discovery of his unauthorized hedge fund trading when the client mysteriously drowns, but he and his wife Monica -- typical baby boomers easily frightened by the potential for their own personal financial collapse -- scramble to act, knowing that Morrie’s illicit trading activities will ultimately be revealed.
Detective Raker must wend his way through this well drawn cast of upper middle class characters, a string of unusual deaths and several local authorities all too willing to jump to “acceptable” conclusions so as to avoid any bad publicity or untoward embarrassment in this prestigious little community. Only when the killer’s third attempt backfires and claims the wrong victim does Raker’s intuitive pursuit begin to pull the final length of string from this ball of tangled motives and social machinations.
Author Hohn not only provides a timely look behind the scenes at the sometimes questionable financial world of hedge funds recently made so attractive to affluent baby boomers, but he also creates for his appreciative readers a good old fashioned mystery and detective story.
Deadly Portfolio is available on-line in paperback through Amazon and Barnes and Noble and at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore for a maximum trade discount in quantities of ten or more.
ISBN: 978-1-4327-5875-2 Format: paperback cream SRP: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-4327-5972-8 Format: 6 x 9 hardback with jacket SRP: $33.95
Genre: Fiction/mystery and detective
About the author:
John J. Hohn, a South Dakotan by birth, worked over forty years in the financial services industry and retired in 2007 after seventeen years with Merrill Lynch in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He holds an English degree form St. John’s University (MN, 1961). Father of five children, he inherited a stepson in his 1986 marriage to Melinda Folger McLeod.
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/deadlyportfolio.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.: Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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Outskirts Press, Inc., 10940 S. Parker Rd. - 515, Parker, Colorado 80134
http://outskirtspress.com 1-888-OP-BOOKS
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