The Billion Dollar Sure Thing

"A brilliant novel on international finance ... you will have serious trouble putting this book down." - Forbes. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, this was the first thriller set in the world money market that was written by an actual financial expert. Its fast-paced, suspenseful plot centers on a billion-dollar, top-secret coup intended to protect the U. S. dollar. AUTHOR: A bestselling author and creator of the financial thriller genre, Paul Erdman (1932 2007) wrote The Silver Bears, The Crash of '79, The Last Days of America, The Panic of '89, The Swiss Account, and The Set-up. Previously, he worked in finance, notably as founder and President of the United California Bank in Basel. Erdman began writing The Billion Dollar Sure Thing in a Swiss prison, where he was held for ten months as a result of his bank's collapse.