Hard Numbers Jackson Bass Author

As the stock market crashes, Attorney Leland Denton investigates possibly cooked books of a Los Angeles insurance Company with suspicious assets backed by derivative investment. His contact, James McKenzie, is brutally murdered–the cops say by a hooker–but Denton discovers the dead man may have been in a conspiracy between the insurance company and a Wall Street Bank to steal Three Hundred Million Dollars. The hooker may have been an assassin hired by the Alejandro Silver, the insurance company CEO, or was it John Rainier, President of the bank? On the other hand, McKenzie’s young wife, who is having a lesbian affair, could have had him killed for his seven hundred thousand dollar life insurance policy.Aided by his ex-Marine paralegal, Charlotte Logan, and one-armed Tavita, a Samoan ex-wrestler must untangle the web of financial fraud. Denton’s efforts are resisted by hard nosed business men and beautiful women, who decide Denton must die. Thugs are hired to stalk Denton. In the meantime, his ex-wife’s ex-husband, just out of prison for shooting Denton four years earlier, also tracks him. When Denton’s efforts begin to pay off, all hell breaks loose, and he is forced to fight for his live against desperate killers.