Why was Rachel Murdered?

by Bill Prentice

Overview

A mathematician's murder draws Toronto PI Neil Walker into a web of Ponzi schemes, political corruption and global cybersecurity nightmares.

Walker, an ex-RCMP financial-crimes specialist, has out-fought warring bikers and put Mafia dons behind bars. Now he's forced to work with Carole Lisgar, a high-powered political operator he once arrested for corruption. As more bodies drop and the stakes ramp up, Walker uncovers a conspiracy that stretches from Parliament Hill in Ottawa to a beach-front estate outside New York City and the devastated villages of earthquake-shattered Haiti.

Fans of Robert B Parker's Spenser and Robert Crais's Elvis Cole won't want to miss this riveting tale of high finance, low morals and international secrets.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156352203
Publisher:	Echo Road
Publication date:	11/16/2018
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	444 KB

About the Author

Bill Prentice is a crime fiction author and a freelance writer specializing in international trade and investment marketing, economic development and public-private sector partnerships. He lives in Toronto, Canada.

Editorial Reviews

02/18/2019

Prentice’s taut debut draws the reader into the world of Ponzi schemes, money laundering, political corruption, and greed. When a killer snaps the neck of financial consultant Rachel Lisgar, who’s also a professor of advanced mathematics, on her return home to Toronto from New York City, where she uncovered some troubling information about a Manhattan-based investment firm, the client who sent her to New York, Janos Pach, hires PI Neil Walker to investigate. Neil, a former Mountie who specialized in financial crimes, is soon at odds with the victim’s powerful and wealthy family, particularly her aunt, Isabelle Lisgar, “Canada’s pre-eminent female entrepreneur” and “a fierce backroom power broker in the Conservative Party.” When an American, with whom Rachel spoke the day of her murder, is killed, the FBI and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency enter the picture, as do a Russian oligarch, a Chinese arms dealer, and a shady Spanish businessman. Prentice’s complicated but enjoyable thriller provides some insight into current real-life headlines about international criminal activity. (BookLife)

Publishers Weekly

“A breakneck-paced thrill ride through a world populated by compelling characters, both good and bad” — David Poulsen, author of the Cullen and Cobb mystery series

“Prentice’s taut, enjoyable thriller provides insight into real-life headlines.” — Publishers Weekly

“[A] surprising and exciting whodunit. The plot ebbs and flows with the grace of a surfer-made wave.” – The BookLife Prize

Best First Crime Novel 2019 award finalist — Crime Writers of Canada

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