Market Crash

About the Book

The Crash, an international financial thriller, tells the story of Alexandra Middleton, a legendary money manager at a well-known Wall Street firm. The plot revolves around a super coup, hatched by the newly crowned king of Saudi Arabia, which launches an attack on the stock market and the dollar, and brings the world to the biggest financial explosion in history.

The Crash uses the stock market as a backdrop to reveal a world of intrigue, bribery, and blackmail where personal greed and ambition combine with politics and international finance to change the world’s economic balance of power and bring unparalleled destruction, misery and financial ruin upon millions of people.

A dozed major characters take part in this complex, international drama - the President of the United States, the leaders of France and Germany, the newly crowned King of Saudi Arabia and many leading money managers and international bankers.  The main setting is in New York, but the action moves to Washington, London, Paris, Geneva and many other exotic locations.

About the Author

Francis Blake was born in India, educated at a British private school in Pakistan, and graduated from St. John’s College, Cambridge University, England, with a Master’s degree in Economics and History. He worked for 25 years at a major American international bank in Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. His banking experience combined with extensive travel gave him the knowledge for the background details of The Crash. He is interested in history, architecture and English formal gardens. Blake has six children and has been living in the United States since 1976.