Published 2004 by Mira
When her best friend is killed in front of her at the New York City brokerage where they both work, Madeline Carter quits her job and aims for a safer life on the warm coast. But life has a way of interrupting the best laid plans and it isn’t long before Madeline’s quiet new life of day trading in the Malibu hills is interrupted by kidnapping, murder and a run-in with a corporate psychopath.
“Murder, mayhem, humor, romance, and great characters make this first book in the Madeline Carter series hard to put down.” — Booklist