CLAWBACK

An exciting new thriller. Bonfire meets Bourne!

After a stint in the Middle East, black ops vet Silas Cade becomes an "accountant" the go-to for financiers who need things done quickly, quietly, and by any means necessary. Silas is hired by a major player to pay a visit to a hedge fund manager to demand clawback: the mandatory return of compensation paid on a deal that goes bad. But before Cade can tell his client that he got his ten million back, the guy turns up dead. And he's not the first. Someone's killing investment bankers whose funds have gone south. Silas's scrubbed identity, and his insider's perspective, makes him the ideal shadow man to track down whoever's murdering some of the most hated managers on Wall Street. With the aid of a beautiful financial blogger looking to break her first big story, Silas tracks a violent security crew who may be the key to the executions. But as paranoia and panic spread, he begins to wonder: is the threat coming from inside the game or out? Mike Cooper is the author of Exit Strategy (published under Michael Wiecek), which was shortlisted for the ITW's Thriller Award in 2006. His short stories have received wide recognition, including a Shamus Award. He lives outside Boston with his wife and two children.