Mickey Outside

Written by David Lender

Former Wall Street whiz and current convict Mickey Steinberg is nearing the end of his three-year sentence at Yankton—the cushy country club prison where he’s enjoyed celebrity status—and he’s ready to get out and get back on top. He doesn’t have the resources he once did, but he’s already hatched a new plan to sell a forgery of a stolen Van Gogh painting through the shady underground art market. He and his new partner, the smooth-talking Paul Reece, have a mark in mind: the sleazy con-man art dealer who swooped in on Mickey’s beloved ex-wife after he was locked up. But with his old partner, Jack Grass, hell-bent on revenge and his pre-prison life closed to him, it won’t be easy.

As their plan becomes ever more complex, Mickey realizes he just wants to make good and make it out of New York City alive.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Apr 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781480567108

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.

Reviews for Mickey Outside

[aliceanna-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Requires the suspension of a bit more than the normal amount of disbelief, but overall a light, entertaining read.

[brleach · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I like the idea of a white collar crime thriller, and this one is relatively well-executed. The plot is a bit predictable, but the characters are endearing and the writing is good. I will probably read the next book in the series.

[jeffv_19 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Mickey Steinberg was considered a superstar on Wall Street until an insider-trading scandal brought him crashing to earth, losing his personal fortune, his lovely wife, and his freedom. This book begins with Mickey about to get out of prison, with thoughts of getting back on top.Walter Goldstein is an art dealer and social gadfly. Widely known to have made his fortune preying on bored housewives, Walter is now betrothed to Mickey's ex-wife, Rachel. In the course of their affair, Rachel had given most of her fortune (her half of Mickey's assets before they were confiscated in fines and fees) to bolster Walter's business. Mickey thinks he can get his life back by discrediting Walter and relieving him of his considerable fortune. He makes the acquaintance of a smooth-talking fellow inmate also in the slammer for fiscal malfeasance. They work through a master forger to replicate an early Van Gogh painting that was stolen (and in reality has never been recovered) and then bring in high-rolling bidders including Warren Buffett and Bill Gates to legitimize the whole process.It doesn't go as smooth as planned -- Walter has his agenda as well, and, although he believes the fake to be genuine, he conspires to discredit it through an appraiser in his pay. His thought is to greatly reduce the value of the presumed masterpiece. And it almost works...but Mickey is just a little smarter.Billed as "A White Collar Crime Thriller," it delivers just that. The characters are well developed, and the story plausible. If, however, the best appraisers money can buy fail to spot a forgery, the entire market for great works of art would be undermined. It was an enjoyable story, however.