A Convenient Ruse

Melodie Marie Beaudoin and Christina Sinclair-Sanchez, two idealistic young women, lost their financial services careers in the 2008 financial crisis. By accident, they discover that U.S. Senators were trading on insider information they learned in their committees. Incensed at the hypocrisy, the amateur detectives decide to create a mass embarrassment and shame campaign to force the Government to change the law. Their undercover work catches the attention of the wrong people. Woven into the story is the world’s most sophisticated and carefully hidden “Peeping Tom” voyeur site. A dangerous and complicated web of connected ruses puts everyone involved on a collision course, with deadly consequences.

Authors Suzen Fromstein and Tim Stoate have collaborated on projects for more than twenty years.

Suzen is a freelance business writer and content creator, speech writer, and book author. Her published works include Suits and Ladders – Ten Proven Ways to Keep Your Job Safe (with a few jokes thrown in), Want to Inform, Influence & Entertain Like a Pro – Simply Recognize the Seven Deadly Sins of Public Speaking & Then Avoid Them and The Grin Reaper – a Humorous Look at Death & Dying (with a few jokes thrown in) co-authored with musician/stand-up comic, Mike Nemiroff. A Convenient Ruse is her first murder-mystery novel.

Tim has 40 years of experience in corporate finance advisory work, banking, and investment syndications. Portfolios under his management have exceeded $100 million in committed funds and have included residential real estate, construction transactions, commercial loans and equity investments. Tim has arranged senior debt, mezzanine financing, subordinated debt, and equity investments for early stage and growth businesses. Currently, he is the VP of Impact Investing for The Atmospheric Fund and specializes in environmental enterprise and project finance. A Convenient Ruse is his first murder-mystery novel.