Down and Out in Manhattan: A Financial Thriller
A Wall Street thriller about power, betrayal, and survival—set on the shadowy streets of New York.
Jack Cole is a young analyst barely holding on at one of Manhattan’s most powerful investment banks. When the firm’s enigmatic owner takes an interest in him, Jack believes he’s been handed the opportunity of a lifetime.
He’s wrong.
The deal that launches him—a high-stakes takeover everyone wants—turns out to be engineered to make him the fall guy.
His rise is sudden. His fall is brutal. Framed, discarded, and left with nothing, Jack is pushed out of the glass towers of Wall Street and onto the streets of New York—where survival means learning a new set of rules and uncovering the conspiracy that destroyed him.
What follows isn’t boardrooms and bonus checks—it’s street survival, dirty alliances, and a fight to prove who set him up.
To reclaim his life, Jack must navigate a labyrinth of greed, corruption, and deadly secrets before the people who engineered his downfall silence him for good.
Gritty, atmospheric, and relentlessly paced, Down & Out in Manhattan blends classic noir with the ruthless seduction of Wall Street—a story of ambition pushed too far and redemption earned at the edge of ruin.
Praise for Down & Out in Manhattan
• “A Must Read!” — Kenneth C. Crowe (Newsday)
• “It will keep you hanging on until the very last page!” — Bauman Book Reviews
• “A cross between classic noir and the movie Wall Street.” — Jodi McClure
