Bull Street
Written by David Lender
Narrated by Nick Podehl
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Bull Street is the story of Richard Blum, a naïve, young Wall Streeter who gives a jaded billionaire the chance for redemption, as they team up to bring down an insider trading ring before they wind up in jail or dead.
Excerpts from Trojan Horse, The Gravy Train, and Vaccine Nation, David Lender’s other thrillers, follow the text of Bull Street.
David Lender
David Lender is a former investment banker whose bestselling thrillers are inspired by his twenty-five years on Wall Street. After earning his MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, he went on to work in mergers and acquisitions for Merrill Lynch, Rothschild, and Bank of America. David is the author of five previous novels, including the financial and corporate thrillers that made him an e-book sensation, and three books in the Sasha Del Mira series. He lives in northern New Jersey with his family and a pitbull named Styles.
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Reviews for Bull Street
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Investment banking on Wall street is not something the average person is familiar with, so learning what goes on behind closed doors peaked my interest. Set right before and during the real estate bubble and subsequent recession, historical elements are seemlessly infused into the story.
Richard Blum, fresh out of grad school with the ink on his MBA still wet, wants more than anything to be an investment banker. What's more, he wants to work on Wall street. Not having the pedigree, personally or educationally, Richard has to work harder than the normal person. Walker and Company, one of the smaller and lessor known firms, was probably his last shot for realizing his dream. As Richard waits for his interview, Harold Milner walks into the office. Milner was the main reason Richard chose investment banking, and Richard had studied all of Milner's deals. They struck up a conversation and Richard was surprised that Harold, despite being one of the richest men in the world, was just a regular guy. Milner was equally impressed with Richard.
Richard was hired by Walker on a "probationary" basis, having six months to prove himself. One of his first duties was to help put together a deal for none other than Harold Milner. He also meets his cubicle mate, Kathy Cella, and romantic flames soon start. One of Richard's other duties was taking care of the communications room. It was on one of his trips there that he noticed some strange e-mails circulating. After discussing them with Kathy, they determine that someone in the firm is involved with insider trading. Richard, naive as he is, downloads the e-mails onto his laptop to study them more carefully at home. They dub the insider as the "mole," and since he is probationary, Richard wants to look the other way. It is too late, however, as the SEC is investigating and two people turn up dead.
Richard does not know who, besides Kathy, he can trust. With evidence piling up against him, going to prison was beginning to look like the best outcome to his predicament. With the Fed's chasing him and an assassin out for his blood, Richard is hiding from everyone. An unlikely ally emerges, but can Richard trust them? How can he escape with his skin and still keep his job? The answers can be found in the pages of this thrilling novel.
I enjoyed this book, although at times it became a little too technical for me, especially when describing the deals. However if you are familiar with the terminology, it probably was just right. I did learn a few things from this book while enjoying myself in the process, and that is never a bad thing. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really enjoy thrillers about Wall Street. Perhaps because I know so little about these mega financial dealings. This book was especially interesting because it is set against the current economic crisis. It is interesting to see how a house of cards would be destined to collapse when the flow of money starts drying up. Some of the goings on seem awfully bloody for Wall Street.....but what do I know? Good read.