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Charles Black, once the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, is unexpectedly arrested by Swiss authorities on accusations of orchestrating a $450 million fraud in the financial markets. The evidence against him appears perfect, setting the stage for a thirty‑year hard‑labor sentence in a Swiss prison. Determined not to accept a plea bargain, Black and his wife Sally fight against a network of powerful figures in both Switzerland and the United States who refuse to assist. When a mysterious stranger presents Sally with a proposition, they uncover the layers of the conspiracy that framed Black and embark on a perilous journey to expose the truth and secure his freedom.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Paul Emil Erdman
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