My Money Blog: Money For Pizza

Friday, August 12, 2022

Unclaimed Money

                                                                                



 

I wrote another novel.  It's about the pain of being dispossessed, and the fulfillment of reclaiming some of the past--and a lot of other things.  Here's an idea of what to expect:

In her first job after college at the Washington, D.C. office of a Swiss bank, Sylvie hopes for stimulating and challenging work, the excitement and lifestyle opportunities of the nation’s capitol, and, last but not least, romantic adventure.  Orphaned in the Vietnam War and adopted by a couple in Kansas, Sylvie knew little about her Vietnamese birth parents and grew up feeling isolated and disconnected.  She seeks a fuller and richer life in Washington.  What she didn’t expect was a lecherous pig of a boss who gives her a mysterious assignment that takes her into a vortex of deception, fraud and murder.  Sylvie is new to Washington, and has no friends, mentors or allies to turn to.  However, when she is repeatedly threatened and harassed, Sylvie fights back with help from Frank, a burned out Vietnam vet, and stumbles upon hints of a very dark secret at the bank.  She pursues the clues, follows the money, and improbably discovers a profound connection to her birth parents, learning how dearly they loved her.

 

Please give it a read.

 

Available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Unclaimed-Money-Leo-Wang-ebook/dp/B0B86TXDTW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YJ7YL9QNZVFM&keywords=unclaimed+money%2C+leo+wang&qid=1659505493&s=books&sprefix=unclaimed+money%2C+leo+wang%2Cstripbooks%2C50&sr=1-1.

 

Available on Apple Books.  You can find it in the Apple Books app (app pages have no www url so a link cannot be provided here).

 

Available on Kobo:  https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/unclaimed-money.

 

Available on Smashwords:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1158485.


Friday, October 27, 2017

Tale of the Magic Dragon

                                                                                   

                                                                         Rated 5 Stars

My novel about betrayal in the Vietnam War.  Betrayal was the defining feature of the Vietnam War, and there were many betrayals.  They didn't stop when the war was over.  There weren’t supposed to be any live MIAs.  The North Vietnamese denied holding any.  But that didn’t mean someone else wasn’t.  Former Green Beret Frank McTigue, struggling as a private investigator, agrees to protect pretty Lia, who was threatened with death because she witnessed a murder--the murder of Frank’s former commanding officer.  As Frank scrambles to protect his client, he is drawn into unfinished business from his tour of duty.  Treachery from the past works its poison into Frank’s new life as he makes a shocking discovery about men left behind on a patrol that officially never happened, men he's never forgotten.  Outnumbered and outgunned, Frank teams up with former Special Forces comrade at arms Odell Franklin.  Still holding to the belief that no member of their unit can be left behind, they push forward into places where they shouldn’t go, and into a desperate fight where secrets are dear, lives are cheap, and the chances for victory and redemption are slender. 


Available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Tale-Magic-Dragon-Leo-Wang-ebook/dp/B00D9I4FRY.

At the iTunes bookstore at https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/tale-of-the-magic-dragon/id661953677?mt=11.

At Barnes and Noble at https://nook.barnesandnoble.com/products/2940044580077/sample?sourceEan=2940044580077.

At Smashwords (for downloads onto laptops, tablets and similar devices) at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/324189.

Also available at a number of other online booksellers; check your favorite one.

Friday, September 29, 2017

Pizza With Panache, A Tale of Crime on Wall Street

                                                                            


                                                 Rated 5 Stars on Amazon
    
Once upon a time, I was a lawyer at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, doing stock market investigations.  I'm still recovering.  As part of the rehab, I wrote Pizza With Panache, a fast-paced, satirical novel of crime on Wall Street.  Deceits swirl around duplicity as the rich try to get richer without doing any honest work. Fred Farquhar, a successful pizza franchise owner, doesn't think he's getting rich fast enough. He enlists Adam, a Wall Street analyst, to feed him inside information, which Fred uses to trade stocks in a secret foreign bank account. Greed abounds as Fred's foreign banker, Enrico, and Adam's buddy, Alain, join in the illicit insider trading.

These scoundrels garner filthy lucre so fast they attract the attention of law enforcement.  Nick Papadakis, an SEC enforcement lawyer, is fed up with his job.  He made the mistake of doing good work, and now is rewarded with more work: the investigation and the responsibility to train Ethan, a new guy.  The last thing Nick wants is a high-pressure investigation where he needs to train a new guy.  But the thievery is so appalling, Nick gets interested and investigates aggressively.  He is obstructed by slippery defense lawyers and harassed by scheming supervisors hoping to steal the credit for his success.  He desperately hopes to escape his job.

If you've ever wondered what a government stock market investigation looks and feels like from the inside, read Pizza With Panache.  If you’ve ever thought that Wall Street is crooked, big law firms are ruthless sweatshops, bureaucrats poison the government, no good deed goes unpunished, and the only solution is to escape your job, this is the book for you.  It's available at:

Apple:


Pizza With Panache by Leo Wang


Amazon:


If you want to read on a PC, laptop, or tablet, you can get the novel from Smashwords, which offers several different formats.


 Other online booksellers carry the book as well.  Check with your favorite bookseller if you don't want to go to any of the websites listed above.  Many thanks.