I'm interested in this from the sheer "fantastical representation of a mundane thing not usually given to fantastical representation" angle. I just don't think we see enough of that.
And I love the idea of a forensic accountant as a hero.
We catch real life bad guys ALL THE TIME for tax evasion (lots of mafia types went down for tax fraud, and not for all the murders), and accountants are often also invaluable when you're going to smack someone with a RICO suit (since they can help you keep track of their funds, tell you what needs to be seized, or tell you if looks like money is being funneled somewhere else.)
White collar mayhem--which isn't sexy, but can utterly ruin lives as we saw with ENRON and may be seeing with this recession--UTTERLY relies on them.
It's not glamorous, so you aren't going to see a big TV DRAMA!! set up around it, but it's important and it's interesting, and I always like to see writers try to make those sorts of things into plot devices.
That all being the case, this premise is very, very interesting and I will probably buy this promptly if it gets a Nook release.
And I love the idea of a forensic accountant as a hero.
We catch real life bad guys ALL THE TIME for tax evasion (lots of mafia types went down for tax fraud, and not for all the murders), and accountants are often also invaluable when you're going to smack someone with a RICO suit (since they can help you keep track of their funds, tell you what needs to be seized, or tell you if looks like money is being funneled somewhere else.)
White collar mayhem--which isn't sexy, but can utterly ruin lives as we saw with ENRON and may be seeing with this recession--UTTERLY relies on them.
It's not glamorous, so you aren't going to see a big TV DRAMA!! set up around it, but it's important and it's interesting, and I always like to see writers try to make those sorts of things into plot devices.
That all being the case, this premise is very, very interesting and I will probably buy this promptly if it gets a Nook release.
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Al Capone being a notable example. :)
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