The Bank

“An original and deftly crafted story blending financial technologies and crime…a compulsive page turner…’The Bank’ embodies the very real question of how much power and privacy have we sacrificed to the systems that run our world…novelist A.B. Goodman raises ‘The Bank’ to an impressive level of literary excellence…an inherently fascinating and memorable read from start to finish…unreservedly recommended.” — LIBRARY BOOKWATCH

SECRETS WORTH KILLING FOR. TRUTHS TOO DANGEROUS TO SURVIVE.

In the shadowy corridors of Wall Street’s most powerful investment bank, a single murder five years ago set in motion a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of global finance. Now, one young lawyer’s discovery of a dead man’s diary will either expose the truth—or get him killed trying.

The Plot

Jim Bentley thought he had it made: married to the CEO’s daughter at prestigious Bolton Sayres investment bank, with a brilliant legal career ahead of him. But when a routine insurance case leads him to a mysterious diary and a body buried in the Catskill Mountains, Jim stumbles into a web of corruption that goes far deeper than stolen gold and market manipulation.

$11 million in missing gold. A systematic cover-up spanning five years. And a surveillance system that watches everything.

At the center of it all is THEATRES—a terrifyingly real AI-driven surveillance network that monitors every digital footprint, every conversation, every move across New York City. Based on actual surveillance systems now operating in major cities, THEATRES represents the dark side of our connected world: technology meant to protect us, weaponized to control us.

As Jim digs deeper with the help of a brilliant hacker and a widow whose husband died for what he knew, he discovers that everyone—his colleagues, his contacts, even his own wife—may be playing a different game than he thought. Hunted by a ruthless ex-KGB assassin and manipulated by forces that have already killed to protect their secrets, Jim faces an impossible choice: expose a conspiracy that could topple the global financial system, or become another casualty in a war most people don’t even know is being fought.

Is This Thriller Different? Yes!!

• Ripped from today’s headlines: Inspired by real surveillance systems and financial corruption
• Authentic insider details: Takes readers deep into the actual workings of high-stakes banking
• Moral complexity: Heroes and villains aren’t always who they seem
• Technology that exists today: THEATRES isn’t science fiction—it’s a glimpse into our surveilled present

The Stakes

From Manhattan’s financial district to the mountains of upstate New York, from offshore Bahamian accounts to a deadly confrontation in a remote motel, The Bank exposes how power really works in the modern world. As bodies pile up and digital walls close in, Jim’s fight for justice becomes something much larger: a battle for the soul of democracy itself in an age of total surveillance.

Perfect for readers who love:

• The financial intrigue of Michael Lewis
• The conspiracy thrills of Dan Brown
• The legal suspense of John Grisham
• The technological warnings of Dave Eggers

Questions That Will Haunt You

In a world where every transaction is monitored, every movement tracked, and every secret can be weaponized, how much freedom do we have left? And what happens when those who do the watching decide you know too much?

The Bank doesn’t just entertain. It warns!  This isn’t just a thriller about corruption in high finance. It’s a mirror held up to our own world, asking the most terrifying question of our time: Who’s really in control?

Prepare to question everything you thought you knew about, well… EVERYTHING!