Big Business Can Be Deadly

Three wealthy businessmen are missing or dead. Bankers, financiers, big money men. Why them?

It’s 2008. The season of foreclosures many will remember. Inflated loans made to many unable to repay them….but this is about the big builders. The multi million dollar projects. As builder after builder find their properties reappraised, they find themselves unable to pay and in foreclosure. Frank McCormick is one of those affected. So is his best friend Johnny.

Julia Harrow, Special Agent with the FBI, may be young and beautiful but she is determined to prove herself to her team. When she hears of another murder, she begins to fear the killings are connected.

That leads Julia to suspect Frank, even though their goal appears to be the same: Stop the killer and the systematic foreclosures. Still, can she trust him? Dare she? While Frank has a rather cavalier view of women, he can’t help but appreciate the young FBI agent.

It’s a look at events that actually happened nearly a decade ago, on large construction sized loans as well as the individual homeowner.

This one was a terrific surprise. It’s a complex mystery with solid characters that you grow to like quickly. The dialogue is very natural and well done. So many events happen one right after the other, you won’t stop reading. With the many shocks and twists you will be glad you didn’t.

The ending makes it clear there will be at least a second book. Perhaps a series? Unanswered questions remain. You will want answers.

I definitely recommend this one. It’s fast paced, quick novel that contains mystery and murder with a number of well depicted suspects.

About The Book And Its Author
W.J. Evans pulls you into the unstable world of finance where danger lurks around every corner.

“Dead Deal” delivers thrills as it delves into the mystery surrounding 3 dead bankers

ATLANTA – In a time of uncertainty after the financial crisis of 2008, three bankers have been found murdered. The FBI starts closing in on a lead suspect — a real estate developer with negative ties to all of the victims. W.J. Evans’ exciting new novel, “Dead Deal,” is a sexy thriller filled with twists and suspense.

Chaos rules in the days after the financial meltdown, and danger lurks around every corner for real estate broker Frank McCormick. When FBI agent Julia Harrow starts to track down leads on the dead bankers and hones in on Frank as a suspect, they begin to circle each other warily. As they continue to investigate, they uncover a criminal operation spanning the globe, and it puts them in more extreme danger than they could have ever imagined.

Evans’ sharp writing and fascinating characters will pull you in and keep you reading until the last page.

W.J. Evans is involved in various business interests including commercial real estate development, hotels and restaurants based in Atlanta, Georgia. He co founded the 50in50 in 2008, raising awareness for cancer by playing 50 golf courses in 50 days in all 50 states. Along with writing, in his spare time he enjoys golf trips, world travel and creating new projects for worthy causes.

I was asked to review this by a third party, but unfortunately due to a lengthy illness I was unable to do so. I informed them at the time and have only just realised the book remain here.

Sorry, but I really couldn't get into this book, so I had to pass on it after reading about the half of it and losing interest.

Dead Deal is a full helping of thriller, with a side of just the right amount of depravity. A real estate crash, murder, and FBI investigations combine to create a honest page-turner, with a twist ending that will leave the reader gasping.

This is a really tough one to rate. There were parts that kept me interested, and then parts where i was annoyed. The annoying parts seemed like a teenage boys fantasy's with women. Overall, i thought it was an okay book

I enjoyed reading this book as it had a different angle to a great many financial tales. Well worth reading.

The bottom has dropped out of the real estate market in 2008. One day the investor is on top of the world and the next the banker is on the phone wanting his money and the investor does not have it. Two men are murdered and one has disappeared, the common person doing business with each of them is Frank who is deep in debt now. There are many twists and turns to this story. Many characters to investigate but the FBI has zeroed in on just one person. Once you start this book it will be hard to put down.