A cryptic murder pulls a former soldier tu rned financial analyst deep into the corruption and menace that prowl bene ath the opulent world of finance\, in this #1 \;New York Times \;b estselling thriller from David Baldacci.
\nEvery day without fail\, Travis Devine puts on a cheap suit\, grabs his faux-leather briefcase\, an d boards the 6:20 commuter train to Manhattan\, where he works as an entry -level analyst at the city&rsquo\;s most prestigious investment firm. In t he mornings\, he gazes out the train window at the lavish homes of the ube rwealthy\, dreaming about joining their ranks. In the evenings\, he listen s to the fiscal news on his phone\, already preparing for the next gruelin g day in the cutthroat realm of finance. Then one morning Devine&rsquo\;s tedious routine is shattered by an anonymous email: She is dead. \;
\nSara Ewes\, Devine&rsquo\;s coworker and former girlfriend\, has bee n found hanging in a storage room of his office building&mdash\;presumably a suicide\, at least for now&mdash\;prompting the NYPD to come calling on him. If that wasn&rsquo\;t enough\, before the day is out\, Devine receiv es another ominous visit\, a confrontation that threatens to dredge up gri m secrets from his past in the army unless he participates in a clandestin e investigation into his firm. This treacherous role will take him from th e impossibly glittering lives he once saw only through a train window\, to the darkest corners of the country&rsquo\;s economic halls of power . . . where something rotten lurks. And apart from this high-stakes conspiracy\ , there&rsquo\;s a killer out there with their own agenda\, and Devine is the bull&rsquo\;s-eye.
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