Paul Erdman is one of my favourite writers, in my opinion he writes the best financial novels there are and The Palace following in the footsteps of The Crash of '79, The Panic of '89 & The Silver Bears is no exception to this.

From the opening pages where we encounter a hustling guy running a coin store who becomes involved in money laundering from organised crime, the source of which, a casino that is no longer profitable. It's losing money as it's being fleeced and the protagonist just happens to be the very man laundering said money, as such he's aware that the money losing casino that's coming up for urgent sale is in fact a bargain if he's able to get control of what goes on inside the walls, and so begins the rise to power of Danny Lehman, coin store owner.

I really enjoyed this and would highly recommend it. ( )