Giveaway: The Trust by Norb Vonnegut
Thanks to Tess Woods of National Media Relations Newman Communications, Inc., I am giving away 5 copies of The Trust by Norb Vonnegut.
Book Description:
Who would have known that charitable donations could be so deadly?
One sultry morning in Charleston, South Carolina, real estate magnate Palmer Kincaid's body washes ashore, the apparent victim of accidental drowning. Palmer's daughter calls Grove O'Rourke, stockbroker and hero of Top Producer, for help getting her family's affairs in order. Palmer was Grove's mentor and client, the guy who opened doors to a world beyond Charleston. Grove steps in as the interim head of the Palmetto Foundation, an organization Palmer created to encourage philanthropy.
Community foundations, like the Palmetto Foundation, are conduits. Philanthropists gift money to them and propose the ultimate beneficiaries. But in exchange for miscellaneous benefits-anonymity, investment services, and favorable tax treatment-donors lose absolute control. Once funds arrive, community foundations can do whatever they decide.
For years Palmer showed great sensitivity to his donors, honoring their wishes to funnel funds into the charities of their choice-his unspoken pledge-and it was this largesse which made him a respected pillar of the Charleston community. But after Grove authorizes a $25 million transfer requested by a priest from the Catholic Fund, he discovers something is terribly wrong. He gets a call from Biscuit Hughes, a lawyer representing the people of Fayetteville, North Carolina, against a new sex superstore in their town. Biscuit has traced the store's funding to a most unlikely source: the Catholic Fund.
Together, Grove and Biscuit launch an investigation into the fund, but the deeper they dig, the more evidence they find that the fund's money isn't being used to support the impoverished-it's going somewhere much more sinister. When someone close to him disappears and the FBI starts breathing down his neck, Grove knows he has to figure out who's pulling all the strings before the shadowy figure who will stop at nothing to keep the fund a secret gets to him.
NORB VONNEGUT writes thrillers and non-fiction about Wall Street behind closed doors. He has appeared on Dylan Ratigan, Bloomberg News as well as the Laura Ingraham and Judith Regan shows. Top Producer, his debut novel, was a featured pick of Today and SmartMoney and is published in eight languages. The New York Times selected his second book, The Gods of Greenwich as a 2011 summer read.
Norb built his wealth-management career with Morgan Stanley and other Wall Street institutions. A Harvard graduate, he splits his time between New York and Rhode Island and is a trustee with the American Foundation for the blind.
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Sounds like a thinking man's mystery. I'd love to win.
Nancy said... July 18, 2012 at 6:10 AM
Intriguing and special. thanks. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
traveler said... July 18, 2012 at 7:04 AM
This sounds like an interesting summer read. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Patricia N said... July 18, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Sounds like a plot that could be taken from the headlines. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Margie said... July 18, 2012 at 2:03 PM
The book sounds great. Count me in, please.
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Linda Kish said... July 18, 2012 at 3:29 PM
I'd love to win this. It sounds good and I like finding new authors to read.
Carol M said... July 18, 2012 at 3:53 PM
I love thrillers!!
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lag123 said... July 18, 2012 at 5:20 PM
Thanks for the giveaway.
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Mystica said... July 18, 2012 at 6:11 PM
Looks like an interesting adventure and who can resist a book with a character named Biscuit? Thanks!
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holdenj said... July 19, 2012 at 5:44 AM
I love thrillers so I had to enter. Thanks for the opportunity.
Steve Capell said... July 19, 2012 at 7:17 AM
I enjoy a good thriller.
Thank you for the chance.
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momma8385 said... July 20, 2012 at 6:49 AM
Would love to read the book! Looks so interesting!
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cpullum said... July 21, 2012 at 11:14 PM
I like thrillers and this one has a different take. I don't think I've read one involving charity works and philnthropists.
Na said... July 22, 2012 at 12:40 AM
I love thrilles, but I love ALL well-written books.
Please enter my name in the giveaway.
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Charleydog said... July 22, 2012 at 2:40 PM
I have never read any of Norb Vonnegut's books, but this thriller sounds just wonderful. I love that he named one of his characters Biscuit, what a name. I would really enjoy reading this book. Thanks for having the giveaway.
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Anita Yancey said... July 23, 2012 at 6:24 AM
The premise sounds interesting
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