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The Final Account
Jack Collins’s upstart law firm is struggling to make ends meet. His solution is to bring in a new senior partner, a seasoned estate-planning lawyer well connected with the Greenwich elite. Unfortunately, his new partner is hiding a secret that could bring down the entire firm.
When Jack catches the lawyer embezzling funds from a millionaire’s estate, he thinks he’s uncovered an isolated crime. But as he slowly connects the clues, he stumbles into a far larger conspiracy involving some of Connecticut’s most powerful figures.
The people behind this financial scheme are ones Jack would never suspect. And they will do whatever it takes to keep him from exposing them.
When Jack catches the lawyer embezzling funds from a millionaire’s estate, he thinks he’s uncovered an isolated crime. But as he slowly connects the clues, he stumbles into a far larger conspiracy involving some of Connecticut’s most powerful figures.
The people behind this financial scheme are ones Jack would never suspect. And they will do whatever it takes to keep him from exposing them.
264 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 3, 2025
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June 6, 2025
Same as the first one.. just a mid legal thriller for me.
March 2, 2025
Another amazing book written by one of my favorite law professors! I hope to see more Jack Collins stories in the future.
October 11, 2025
Legal thriller. Not typically my genre but well written leaving me wanting a third book and seeing what happens next in Jack’s life.
January 8, 2025
Jack Collins is doing his best to rebound from his harrowing adventures in After the Fact, Jeff Cooper’s previous novel. Leaving the false glamour of New York for the comfortable, if mundane, turf of Greenwich, Connecticut. He makes a new start with Collins, Warren & Oswald (CWO), the law firm he established with two young partners. The only problem? Money coming in is barely enough to cover expenses.
Enter Tom Nelson, a seasoned estate management attorney with a lucrative client list. CWO brings Tom on in hopes that he can prime the firm’s financial pump. Tom seems to be doing just that until Jack thinks he’s caught his new partner plundering an estate. It doesn’t take too much digging before he discovers an intricate web of lies, deceit, and murder. Instead of boosting his revenue, his new partner may bring the firm crashing down around him.
Jack is an easily relatable middle-class everyman. He shares our worries: keeping his business solvent, meeting his family’s needs against real budget constraints, and, most of all, maintaining his son’s and pregnant wife’s safety. You instinctively root for Jack to escape the mess he finds himself in as he tries to minimize the damage to his home and hearth.
Like After the Fact, the reader is privy to the actions and motivations as the narrative point of view shifts from one character to the next. The reader knows each character’s plots and plans, but they remain opaque to the other characters. While this omniscience does not reveal the specifics of events, it shows what each character wants and tries to make happen. The shifting viewpoints reveal just enough to entice you to continue reading without giving away the story. There are no spoiler alerts here.
Events and actions are believable, even if they may occasionally be a bit over the top now and then. And if things are not going according to plan for Jack, neither do they always for the bad guys.
The Final Account is a fast-paced thriller/adventure that I can recommend without reservation to readers who enjoy stories in that genre.
Enter Tom Nelson, a seasoned estate management attorney with a lucrative client list. CWO brings Tom on in hopes that he can prime the firm’s financial pump. Tom seems to be doing just that until Jack thinks he’s caught his new partner plundering an estate. It doesn’t take too much digging before he discovers an intricate web of lies, deceit, and murder. Instead of boosting his revenue, his new partner may bring the firm crashing down around him.
Jack is an easily relatable middle-class everyman. He shares our worries: keeping his business solvent, meeting his family’s needs against real budget constraints, and, most of all, maintaining his son’s and pregnant wife’s safety. You instinctively root for Jack to escape the mess he finds himself in as he tries to minimize the damage to his home and hearth.
Like After the Fact, the reader is privy to the actions and motivations as the narrative point of view shifts from one character to the next. The reader knows each character’s plots and plans, but they remain opaque to the other characters. While this omniscience does not reveal the specifics of events, it shows what each character wants and tries to make happen. The shifting viewpoints reveal just enough to entice you to continue reading without giving away the story. There are no spoiler alerts here.
Events and actions are believable, even if they may occasionally be a bit over the top now and then. And if things are not going according to plan for Jack, neither do they always for the bad guys.
The Final Account is a fast-paced thriller/adventure that I can recommend without reservation to readers who enjoy stories in that genre.
February 4, 2025
Some thrillers have a lot of mystery to them while others don’t, at least not in the same way. This one didn’t, at least not in the sense I’m thinking of. Who the good guys are and who the not-so-good guys are is pretty apparent early on and only gets solidified as the story continues. What the bad guys are doing is also no secret. Whether the good guys will manage to remain relatively unscathed and how or even if the not-so-good guys will receive their comeuppance and how what they’ve been doing will come out is what makes it a thriller. This is definitely a thriller. I used to be an avid reader of John Grisham and other big name legal thriller authors. Reading this took me back to those days. This was an incredibly good read.
**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. **
**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. **
April 10, 2025
The Final Account, the second novel from Jeff Cooper, delivers another well-written, fast-paced story that will appeal to fans of legal thrillers. Cooper is a law professor, so the legal aspects of the story ring true, and main character Jack Collins is appealing as a young father trying to navigate a dangerous conspiracy.
March 24, 2025
To the point. Story moves at a quick pace and the author sticks to the core. Keeps the reader riveted. Enjoyed reading. Look forward to similar by the author.
February 22, 2025
Fans of John Grisham are in for a treat!
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