Foster Smith

Pinch Point Foster Smith

Destruction of a bridge in the remote jungle of Papua New Guinea leads to the murder of a woman in New York, which plunges the womans fiancé into an international conspiracy to manipulate worldwide commodity prices. Using the Internet and the help of a mysterious woman who works at a London brokerage company, Paul Birch follows a trail of murder and fraud from England to Switzerland to the Louisiana Bayous. Anti-terrorist units in the CIA, FBI and the U. S. State Department follow his progress, unable to take official action but worried about the effects of the illegal trading on the international financial system. The mastermind behind the commodities scheme and his ruthless operations chief also track Paul and his beautiful companion but fail to stop them on their journey of discovery. A dramatic showdown in Key West, Florida completes Pauls mission to avenge the death of his fiancée. Moving at lightening speed, Pinch Point demonstrates how the Internet has shrunk the world and how computer-based crime can affect international financial markets.