The Set-Up

An unwitting couple are set-up by mysterious manipulators in this gripping novel by Paul Erdman, the inventor of the financial thriller.On a routine visit to Switzerland, Charles Black— recently retired Federal Reserve Chairman— finds himself suddenly and inexplicable jailed by Swiss police. Framed with perpetrating massive financial frauds, Charlie and his wife Sally realize that he has no chance of avoiding a 30-year sentence of hard labor. So when a mysterious Italian offers to engineer Charlie's escape for $3 million, Sally gladly pays. What she doesn't realize is that the stranger is in cahoots with the people who framed Charlie, and the troubles she thought were ending have only just begun.