Illegal Holdings
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Publisher Description
UN fraud investigator Valentin Vermeulen is on assignment in Maputo, Mozambique. His humdrum task is to see if Global Alternatives is spending UN money the way they promised. The nonprofit was set up by hedge fund mogul Vincent Portallis to revolutionize development aid. The only upside for Vermeulen is the prospect of seeing his lover Tessa Bishonga, who is reporting on foreign land acquisitions in Africa. When Vermeulen notices that a five-million-dollar transfer has gone missing, he is given the run-around. First he is told the files have been mislaid, then stolen, then he is assured that the money was never transferred to begin with. But the money was transferred, so where is it now? Vermeulen’s dogged pursuit of the missing transfer makes him the target of some ruthless operators. And once he meets up with Tessa, she is inevitably sucked in to the story as well, which turns out to be far more nefarious than either of them imagined. Now they are both in deadly danger. Book three in the Valentin Vermeulen Thriller series.
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Niemann's well-plotted third Valentin Vermeulen thriller (after 2017's Illicit Trade) takes the U.N. investigator with a penchant for getting into trouble to Maputo, Mozambique, where he looks into a fraud case. Global Alternatives, a Swiss foundation set up by hedge-fund billionaire Vincent Portallis, wired $5 million to Nossa Terra, a development agency, but the money has gone missing. Aisa Simango, the head of Nossa Terra, and her small staff have no explanation, nor does Global's Maputo director or the local bank manager who handled the electronic transfer. In Vermeulen's dogged attempt to figure out the connections between the missing money, Nossa Terra's efforts to supply land to farmers, and the role of Portallis, Vermeulen gets help from his long-distance lover, freelance journalist Tessa Bishonga and a resourceful, sword-wielding young vagabond calling himself KillBill. Niemann provides interesting insights into U.N. bureaucracy, developing countries, and global economics as he demonstrates once again the difference that an honest man can make.
Customer Reviews
Action-packed with good central character
Love this series. I could only find the first two in iBooks, but there are two more on Amazon for Kindle. Looking forward to the next book in the series!