{"product_id":"black-fridays-9780425269046","title":"Black Fridays","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the Edgar(R) Award for Best First Novel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Year's Best Crime Novels\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After two years in federal prison, Jason Stafford is no longer welcome on Wall Street. But due to his financial crime expertise, one firm wants him to quietly look for irregularities in the books of one of their junior traders, whose body was just pulled from the Long Island Sound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Raising an autistic five-year-old alone, Stafford can't refuse the lucrative offer. The job is supposed to last two weeks, tops. But soon he's facing threats and intimidation, and more people are dying. Stafford must fight for his life--while struggling to save his son from a different kind of danger...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Sears\u003c\/b\u003e was sixty-one when his first novel, \u003ci\u003eBlack Fridays\u003c\/i\u003e, took the Shamus award and was short-listed for the Edgar and three other major awards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter nine years as a professional actor, he got an MBA from Columbia University and spent more than twenty years on Wall Street, rising to become the managing director in the bond trade and underwriting divisions of Paine Webber and, later, Jefferies \u0026amp; Co., before heeding his father's advice: \"When it stops being fun, get out.\" He did so in 2005, and returned to what had always given him the greatest joy--writing--studying at NYU and the New School. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is married to the artist and poet, Barbara Segal. Together with the not-altogether-domesticated cat, Penelope, they live in Sea Cliff, NY, within sight of the towers of New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50924003066130,"sku":"9780425269046","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_58dcd8f2-4975-4d75-85ea-2388273912df.jpg?v=1738967694","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-fridays-9780425269046","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}