Black Friday (or Black Market) - James Patterson [1]
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Books by James Patterson
THE ALEX CROSS NOVELS
Cross
Mary, Mary
London Bridges
The Big Bad Wolf
Four Blind Mice
Violets Are Blue
Roses Are Red
Pop Goes the Weasel
Cat & Mouse
Jack & Jill
Kiss the Girls
Along Came a Spider
THE WOMEN’S MURDER CLUB
The 5th Horseman (and Maxine Paetro)
4th of July (and Maxine Paetro)
3rd Degree (and Andrew Gross)
2nd Chance (and Andrew Gross)
1st to Die
OTHER BOOKS
Step On a Crack (and Michael Ledwidge)
Judge & Jury (and Andrew Gross)
Beach Road (and Peter de Jonge)
Maximum Ride: School’s Out—Forever
Lifeguard (and Andrew Gross)
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
Honeymoon (and Howard Roughan)
santaKid
Sam’s Letters to Jennifer
The Lake House
The Jester (and Andrew Gross)
The Beach House (and Peter de Jonge)
Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas
Cradle and All
Black Friday
When the Wind Blows
See How They Run
Miracle on the 17th Green (and Peter de Jonge)
Hide & Seek
The Midnight Club
Season of the Machete
The Thomas Berryman Number
For previews of upcoming James Patterson novels and information about the author, visit www.jamespatterson.com.
For Janie, who is Nora.For Mary Katherine, who is a saint
For anyone who’s ever dreamed aboutsome small and delicious revengeagainst the money changers onWall Street and around the world.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Although Black Friday is written as fiction, all of what follows could happen, especially the Wall Street financial parts. I would like to thank the people who helped so much in making the background information interesting and authentic.
Sidney Ruthberg-financial editor, Fairchild Publications James Dowd—Wall Street attorney, formerly of the United States Army
Stephen Bowen–former captain, United States Marines Corps Katherine McMahon–New York and Paris backgrounds
Joan Ennis–lrish TouristBoard
Thomas Altman—Sedona, Arizona
Barbara Maddalena–New York, Wall Street area
Mindy Zepp-New York
M. Blackstone-Soho
PART ONE
Green Band
The pure products of America go crazy.
—William Carlos Williams
Chapter 1
COLONEL DAVID HUDSON leaned his tall, athletic body