A Fatal Debt by John Gapper7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Because the fictional events are loosely based on actual events, one of the fun parlor games for those who followed the credit crisis will be to match Gapper’s banks and bankers with real life counterparts. The book’s timeline tracks that of Wall Street’s collapse - the fall of Lehman Brothers, and the Congressional hearings that forced titans of finance to bow before an endless sea of lawmakers and special investigators - with characters and plot points that are drawn from the people and events that marked the meltdown. ![]() It soon becomes apparent that Shapiro was using his young therapist as a convenient alibi, forcing Cowper to uncover Harry’s secrets to save his reputation and career. In a matter of days, Shapiro is accused of murdering a fellow financier and Cowper is accused of negligently setting loose a mentally unstable patient. Because the banker has donated generously to the hospital, Cowper acquiesces to Shapiro’s wish to be released. Ben Cowper, a psychiatrist at New York-Episcopal Hospital, who treats a powerful, but disgraced, bank executive named Harry Shapiro. And so A Fatal Debt, the new novel by Financial Times columnist John Gapper, is a welcome change - a fast-paced book that should entertain finance aficionados and fans of detective fiction alike.Ī Fatal Debt follows the story of Dr. ![]()
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