\ud83c\udfc6 2023 BIBA\u00ae Crime Thriller Winner!<\/p>\n
Most investor pitch meetings don\u2019t end in murder – but then Marty and Bo haven\u2019t had a lot of luck lately. They\u2019ve been struggling to keep their startup business alive. It\u2019s not high-tech, it\u2019s not highly successful and the pressure to find capital has strained their bank accounts and Marty\u2019s marriage.<\/p>\n
So when Nico Scava offered to invest they eagerly accepted. He had money, connections in the art world, and a creative idea, but maybe they should have asked more questions. Now Nico\u2019s dead and they\u2019re on the hook for whatever scheme he was running. The Russian mob is after them, and if they don\u2019t find $10 million and a mysterious missing painting in the next few days they\u2019ll be dead too.<\/p>\n
Their frantic chase will lead them from a cabin in the Oregon woods to a Portland strip club, from an aging artist to a bogus baron, and deep into the history of a missing masterpiece that someone is willing to kill to obtain. As the bodies pile up, Marty and Bo will have some tough choices to make about how far they\u2019ll go to protect their families, their company, and themselves.<\/p>\n
Known as a talented and witty storyteller, Michael Balter has captivated audiences for years with tales of his extraordinary life as a German emigrant, a Vietnam War air traffic controller, a Silicon Valley pioneer, and a serial entrepreneur. One of his business partners was once kidnapped by a Russian mobster, which inspired a portion of the plot of Chasing Money, the first book in his Marty and Bo thriller series.<\/p>\n
Michael lived in Oregon for 29 years and now makes his home in Charlevoix, Michigan, where he is hard at work on the sequel to Chasing Money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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