The Day Trader

"FAST-PACED . . . A TALE OF MARKET MISDEEDS AND MURDER." The New York Times Augustus McKnight senses his dead-end life is about to change when he makes a shrewd online investment and earns an impressive windfall. But before he can tell his wife about his success, she reveals an adulterous affair and demands a divorce. A day later, she is found brutally murdered leaving Augustus as the sole beneficiary of her million-dollar life insurance policy. To escape his anguish, Augustus plunges into the world of the full-time day traderand discovers that he has become both a pawn in a complex game of manipulation . . . and the target of a twisted quest for revenge. Now, he's not only gambling with his fortune, but with his life.

<b>Stephen Frey</b> is a principal at a Northern Virginia private equity firm. He previously worked in mergers and acquisitions at J. P. Morgan and as a vice president of corporate finance at an international bank in Midtown Manhattan. Frey is also the bestselling author of <i>The Takeover</i>, <i>The Vulture Fund</i>, <i>The Inner Sanctum</i>, <i>The Legacy</i>, <i>The Insider</i>, <i>Trust Fund</i>, and <i>Silent</i> <i>Partner</i>.