Review: If you were fascinated by Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS CRIME THRILLER!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2013
This is a Crime Story that reminds me of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme scandal. Max Sheppard is the guy who swindled tens of billions from rich investors, at least he thought they were all rich. But an unscrupulous bank manager put up 100s of houses they owned the mortgages on as collateral to get in on the "investment" and when Max was arrested, all the houses went into foreclosure only to be bought by another scum bag who stood to make tens of millions developing the land into a strip mall.By the time Max found out about this he was in prison and determined to save these homeowners from being kicked out 5 days before Christmas. But what could he do? He was locked up for 150 years and powerless to save these poor people. They would need a Christmas miracle to save them all from a family tragedy that would ruin much more than Christmas for these families with young children. Max had never intended to hurt poor people struggling to make a buck and keep a roof over their heads. He only wanted to scam the rich who had money to burn.I don't want to spoil the story but Max does come up with a brilliant scheme to save these homes and it involves convincing the Feds to cooperate and let him out of jail to find the "smoking gun".  Not to ruin the suspense I won't reveal the scheme but you can bet Max's plan prevails. The homes are saved and miracle of all miracles he finds a way to escape his minders. He spends the rest of his life sipping cocktails on a beach with his new love, Olivia, the new bank manager.  How he figures this all out is a mystery that will only be revealed when you read the book!!  A great crime story that kept me entertained on every single page of this book.  I highly recommend it for anyone loving crime and suspense stories!!