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Death shall overcome
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Emma Lathen |
In 1966, the bastions of the New York financial district are rattled by an announcement from an old and well-established brokerage; for the first time in its history, Wall Street will have a black me… |
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Come to Dust
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Emma Lathen |
> John Putnam Thatcher, the formidable vice-president of Sloan Guaranty Trust, is torn, grudgingly, from his Wall Street eyrie to search for a stolen $50,000 bearer bond and to track down the puzzlin… |
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Green Grow the Dollars
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Emma Lathen |
> The Vandam Nursery & Seed Company could feel justly proud of Numero Uno - their new tomato was a miracle of genetic engineering. But then another firm claimed the wonder-tomato was their idea, and … |
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Accounting for murder
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Emma Lathen |
**Before he could expose a big financial swindle, Clarence Fortinbras was interrupted. He always said that office life would kill him.**
**Exit Fortinbras. Enter John Putnam Thatcher.**
Clarence … |
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Ashes to Ashes
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Emma Lathen |
The Sloan Guarantee Trust is brokering a real estate deal, in which the Catholic Church is selling off a parochial school in Queens to a developer planning to put up a plush residential high-rise. Th… |
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Right on the Money
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Emma Lathen |
Typical John Putnam Thatcher novel, this time about a small appliance company considering merging (being swallowed by) a larger company. Usual cast, with interesting additions. Not as much recondite … |
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