Michael Balter

Gebundenes Buch

The Vatican Deal

A Marty and Bo Thriller

Beschreibung

Danger, deception, and betrayal lurk at every turn in this compelling international crime thriller from the award-winning author of Chasing Money. Marty Schott and Bo Bishop didn't expect trouble on their business trip to Italy. They were headed to Naples to buy a sculpture foundry, then back to Rome to close a lucrative licensing deal with the Vatican. Flush with cash thanks to their alluring and enigmatic partner, Natalya, and her powerful Russian backer, the two friends were on top of the world. Then the threats began. Menaced and attacked, Marty and Bo quickly discover that the stakes are far higher than they imagined. The Naples Mafia wants the foundry for sinister reasons. The head of the Vatican Bank is playing a dangerous game. The Russian oligarch has his own hidden agenda. Everyone is keeping secrets and telling lies. Marty and Bo are ready to call it quits when a dangerous figure from their past appears in Rome. Then Natalya is kidnapped, and the stakes get personal. Now all bets are off. Caught in a deadly crossfire between the Naples Mafia and the Russian Vory, can Marty and Bo uncover the truth about the Vatican deal, find a way to rescue Natalya, and escape with their lives and friendship intact?

Autor

Michael Balter is an award-winning author and a talented and witty storyteller. His debut novel, Chasing Money, won multiple awards including the 2023 Best Indie Book Award for Crime Thrillers, the 2024 Feathered Quill Award for Best Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Novel, and the 2024 Crime Thriller of the Year Award from BestThrillers.com. Born in Berlin, Germany, Michael grew up in a bombed-out building with bars on the windows and bullet holes in the walls. When the Berlin Wall went up, his family fled to Ottawa, Canada, and then moved to Detroit, Michigan, at the height of the 1967 riots. During the Vietnam War, Balter served as an air traffic controller at the Udorn Air Force base in Thailand. After graduating college with an aerospace engineering degree, Michael joined Intel Corporation, entering Silicon Valley on the ground floor and building a successful career in sales and marketing. In 1998, Balter was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and joined a voice recognition start-up that was "this close" to an IPO when they ran out of cash. Over the next twenty years, he became a serial entrepreneur, helping to create and launch new business ventures in Oregon, ranging from an art company to a private equity firm. One of his business partners was kidnapped by a Russian mobster, which inspired a portion of the plot of Chasing Money. Balter now lives in Charlevoix, Michigan, and is writing his next Marty and Bo thriller. Learn more at mbalter.com

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mission Point Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781965278451
• ISBN-10: 1965278450
• Artikelnr.: 73787363