Declan Collins was already successful, making two million dollars a year as a defense attorney. He had written a screenplay that featured an elaborate money-laundering scheme. When his close friend told him he had found a potential buyer for the script, he was skeptical and as it turned out, he had good reason to be. Without warning the money laundering plan he had created for fiction became very real and if it failed it could cost not only his life, but the lives of others. Could he make it work?
PHANTOM MONEY by S. Alexander O'Keefe is a masterfully crafted novel. The well-plotted and complex story moves at breakneck speed, drawing readers in from the very first page. The large cast of characters is a fascinating group, especially those that come with their unique skill sets. Not everyone is who they initially appear to be. Filled with intrigue, suspense, and surprises this book is well-worth reading. For those who love page-turners, this book is for you. Highly recommended.
Declan Collins, the brilliant criminal defense lawyer at the center of Phantom Money, is the author of a screenplay woven around an ingenious money laundering scheme. The script is nothing more than an artistic dalliance for the busy lawyer until Matt Esposito, Collins’s best friend, gives it to Blackpool Studios—an obscure film company with an outsized acquisition budget. A week later, Collins and Esposito are on a private jet to Mexico. They’re supposed to be meeting with an investor who is interested in making the screenplay into a movie. In fact, the meeting is with Ramon Cayetano, the head of a powerful Mexican drug cartel.
Collins and Esposito are about to enter a world of intrigue, violence, and mortal danger. To survive, they will need to secretly launder a mountain of money in an impossibly short time, deceive an FBI strike team, and outwit a drug lord whose minions are watching their every move.
Phantom Money is a high-intensity thriller with an intricate plot, a fascinating cast of characters, and an explosive climax that will leave readers spellbound from start to finish.
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