The Kondratieff Crisis

Deep in the canyons of Wall Street and against the frenzied pace of today's volatile story-driven trading a predator seeks revenge against the industry's top investment analysts killing only during the volatile triple-witching hour at the close of each quarter's third Friday. If the crime spree isn't stopped soon the City's tough anti-crime Mayor says he'll close down the street an event that could send global markets reeling.</p> <p>Working against time and the market brusque Lieutenant Al Mason of the 16th precinct - a neophyte when it comes to the fast-track world of securities equity offers electronic trading and mergers and acquisitions - recruits Merrick and Hodges' brilliant analyst Joseph Bartolucci to help him get a bead on the killer.</p> <p>As the analyst and the lieutenant begin to close in on the suspect Bartolucci realizes that he's now become the next unwitting target for expiration at the triple-witching hour. Will he live to tell Wall Street's biggest story?</p>