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    A Partner in Crime
    A Partner in Crime
    A Partner in Crime
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    A Partner in Crime

    By Tony McManus

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    Stockbroker, Francis Peter Sainsbury’s Ponzi Scheme left a ten billion dollar hole. And his rich clients were left holding an empty bag while he ran out of town with the loot and a million dollars on his head. That was seven years ago. Now, bounty hunter Dave Bonner is on his trail; his only clue, a photograph.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTony McManus
    Release dateNov 6, 2014
    ISBN9781311364265
    A Partner in Crime
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    Tony McManus

    Of Irish stock, and a natural born rebel, Tony McManus was born in Manchester, England. He worked in many jobs to serve his passion for travel such as English teacher, bar tender, taxi driver, and in southern Africa, construction work in the Transvaal goldmines and the copper mines of Zambia. He immigrated to Canada settling in Quebec which would become his spiritual home. In 2000 he designed and commenced building a long planned log home in Ste. Adele, Quebec which he completed in 2005. His passion for writing began at school where he excelled at English and composition. He considers himself a "natural writer" and over the years he's written abundant articles on a variety of subjects and had many short stories for children published. His first novel, "The Iran Deception" was self-published on Amazon in September. He is presently working on a second: "A Bangkok Interlude" and a collection of short stories: "Down and Out in the Big Mango". In 2007 he moved to Thailand and built a country guesthouse in the hills north of Chiang Mai where he resides with his eight dogs. Tony pursues and advocates good health, and is passionate about diet and exercise. An outdoorsman, sailor, kayaker and canoeist, he also loves cross country skiing and snowshoeing. When in Thailand, he misses Canada: in Canada he misses Thailand. Man is never satisfied. Res ipsa loquitur

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      A Partner in Crime - Tony McManus

      PARTNER IN CRIME

      "This one arrived this morning, O’Brian said, holding up a photograph. It’s the seventh. He sends one every year on the anniversary of his disappearance; all are posted from some obscure place. This one came from a town called Leeds, in England." He flicked the snap across the desk, and Dave Bonner picked it up. It showed a handsome, well built blond man in a black tee-shirt, his arm around the shoulders of an Oriental girl. In middle age, the man looked fit and athletic while the girl was young; in her twenties it appeared, shapely and very beautiful. Both wore sun glasses and offered generous smiles to the camera. They were on a white sand beach, in the surf of a turquoise blue ocean. A beached fishing boat lay in the distance behind them.

      O’Brian tossed five more photographs onto the desk; Bonner examined them. All were taken in tropic locales; the man sitting in the cockpit of a sailboat, hand on a wooden steering wheel, emerging from the sea in snorkeling attire, and sitting at a beach bar, cocktail in hand. He likes the warm climes, Bonner said.

      So it would seem, O’Brian said, flipping across another photo. But he’s not averse to the cold. Bonner picked up the print. It showed the man in a well cut, expensive looking ski suit, standing by a ski-lift, poles in hand, the same Oriental woman by his side, both smiling, an alpine resort in the background.

      A man for all seasons, Bonner grinned. Tell me about him, Eddie.

      O’Brian drank water from a glass. "He’s Francis Peter Sainsbury; a stockbroker. He ran an investment brokerage in San Francisco; an old family firm founded by his grandfather. It was well respected, conservative, and had a solid reputation. It was exclusive to the super rich. If you had less than fifty million to play with; forget about it. Then, Sainsbury secretly turned it into nothing less than a Ponzi scheme and defrauded his clients of several billion bucks. Finally, just before he would have been exposed,

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