THE GODS OF GREENWICH
"If anybody can turn international finance and hedge funds into a riveting thriller, it's Norb Vonnegut. The Gods of Greenwich is a pure delight, racing relentlessly from the bedrooms of Manhattan to the boardrooms of Connecticut to the banks of Iceland. Bravo!"
– Jeffery Deaver
"On the money! This wickedly revealing and terrifyingly authentic financial thriller is clever, timely, and filled with enough insider info to send the feds to your door. Scheming, backstabbing and international intrigue–propelled by Vonnegut's trademark wit and page-turning plot. Bottom line? Terrific."– Hank Phillippi Ryan–Anthony, Macavity and Agatha–winning author
Jimmy Cusack is the tough kid from a blue-collar neighborhood who made good on Wall Street. Well, almost. After a sterling start to his career, things have soured. His hedge fund collapsed. The bank is foreclosing on his condominium. And his wife is two months pregnant. That’s the good news.
When Cusack takes a “must-have” job with LS Capital, a fund impervious to capital market woes, his real troubles begin. Both Cusack and his wife find their lives in jeopardy as they uncover grim secrets that will make you forget Bernie Madoff or Gordon Gekko.
There’s a new villain on Wall Street, and his name is…. A thriller for the post-meltdown world of global finance. (St. Martin's Press 2011)
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TOP PRODUCER
"The story mirrors reality — in ways that may now surprise even its author, who finished the book before the economic meltdown. The two decades Vonnegut spent as a wealth advisor are evident in the venom he brings to descriptions…and in his grasp of the cutthroat world of finance.”– SmartMoney 7 Smart Books: The Best Fall Reads (9/21/09)
"Vonnegut’s debut meets the gold standard for financial thrillers as it puts the frenzied, cutthroat world of Wall Street’s best stockbrokers (aka the ‘top producers’) on brilliant display."– Publishers Weekly (6/19/09 starred review)
On Wall Street, deals change, friends become enemies, enemies become friends—and you just might get fed to the sharks.
In a world that moves as fast as finance, top producers think three steps ahead and make snap decisions. Theirs is a blurred version of reality, one that conceals motives or rewards bold moves. All too easily, scams can be disguised as success; plotting can be mistaken for killer instincts. And it’s all fun and games…until someone gets hurt.
For Grove O’Rourke, top producer at the investment firm of Sachs, Kidder, and Carnegie, his job is his life. His friends are his colleagues, and his best friend, Charlie Kelemen, is legend—larger than life both in the business world and in body mass, known and liked by everyone. At least it seems that way, until his spectacular murder is carried out in front of hundreds of horrified party-goers.
When Charlie’s widow asks Grove for help after her husband’s death, Charlie’s legend begins to crumble, and even his widow is hiding a dark secret. Still reeling from the death of his friend, Grove stumbles upon a web of false statements and forged documents, a web of people whose lives drastically changed the instant they signed a dishonest deal. And what he discovers is how money—vast sums of money—can cover up even the most glaring imperfections in relationships, and fool everyone.
Well, almost everyone.
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