Consequence of Greed

For seventeen years, Charles Austin was employed as an investment advisor for Priority Investments, Inc. in Chicago. Following the footsteps of his late father, he pursued the lucrative job of his dreams. It was his passion taught by his father. He soon discovers suspicious activities that reach to the highest level of the company. When his boss hires Dennis Reading, an outsider, to handle certain activities critical to his own job, Charles suspicions are heightened.


Since overheard remarks and several apparent accounting inconsistencies may have illegal components that reflect on him, Charles begins to investigate matters on his own.


Suddenly, his boss is murdered and several million dollars are missing.


Although the police learn that the mysterious Dennis has disappeared, and set up a nationwide alert for him, Detective Mike Konrad makes it clear to Charles that he remains their primary suspect.


His wife Emily entices him to seize the missing money for their own use and flee the country to avoid capture. But, he is unaware that when he is gone, Emily will return to her secret life of lurid sexual encounters and turn against him.


The reader will be swept into mysterious events as Emily and Dennis each plot to find the missing money for themselves. But wait! This is just the beginning. The reader will be absorbed into mysterious events as Dennis and others each plot to find the missing money for themselves.


A surprise ending leads to the money and to the identity of the murderer—all climaxed by a delicious retribution!