William Weissinger’s novel, Burning the Banker, combines humor, romance and suspense in a story about two strangers, Bob and JJ, who take justice into their own hands to punish Roger R. Roche, whose predatory loans as CEO of AllBank Mutual Savings and Loan made him rich by cheating millions of people.
Roger R. Roche is fictional but banking CEOs like him increased profits by pushing intentionally deceptive loans that cheated millions and were a leading cause of the mortgage defaults that plunged the nation into a deep recession. When society does nothing to punish them, what are the rest of us to do? The simple answer: get over it and get on with our lives – not an option for Bob, who lost his life savings, or JJ, whose father committed suicide as a result of losing the farm. The only way they can get on with their lives is to seek vengeance. When their paths intersect, they team up and fall in love. As the tension between love and revenge escalates, they must decide what is most important to them.
The nation’s nerves are still raw from the recession and its causes. Readers can’t take revenge against banking CEOs, but Bob and JJ can. The 99% will root for them, creating a broad market for BAD BOB.
The characters from the first book all appear again in a second, outlined, book with the working title, The Goodness Test.
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