Payable On Death

by Donald Jay Korn

MANAGING MONEY CAN BE MURDERAll Anderson Crown wanted to do was pick one good stock. Or maybe two or three. He could put them into clients' portfolios and sit back and let the investment advisory fees keep rolling in. Crown's clients had other ideas, though. An old client wanted access to trust funds while a new client needed an estate plan the heirs wouldn't know about. Then the beatings began. Not only did Crown have to convince the police that his client was not a killer, he had to keep the cops from looking in his own direction, too.HOMICIDE IS A CAPITAL IDEA

372 pages, Paperback

First published December 27, 2007

Reviews

[Farhan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A funny debut by Mr. Korn, much like the novel I read a while ago: 'Open and Shut' by David Rosenfelt, although not as assured. The protagonists of both the novels not only have the same given names, but they also share their initials. Rosenfelt's lawyer-turned sleuth was called Andy Carpenter, and Korn's financial adviser-turned sleuth is known as Andy Crown. Both the authors have a fresh sense of humour and witty dialogues that give their books a much-needed breath of fresh air after the genre seemed to have been exhausted with dour, embittered gumshoes.

Korn's plot has some gaping holes and his closure of the story leaves much to be desired, but, nonetheless, a promising debut, all the same. I am going to keep an eye out for further adventures of Mr. Crown.

[SteveR · Rating 2 out of 5]

How can a book be classified as both fiction and finance? Well this book is about an investment advisor who investigates the murder of a bank executive. It's a "who dunnit" with a financial twist.