Jim Flinchum

Paybacks: a Tale of Ponzi Schemes and Families Jim Flinchum

Jeff made a fortune but lost in all in a Ponzi scheme run by his longtime friend and financial advisor.  Unable to face either his shame or his family, he puts a .357 pistol in his mouth and ends the pain. 

His older son is a respected Washington attorney, who unsuccessfully defends a serial killer known as "The Giggler."  That killer is sentenced to the same Maryland prison as the Ponzi crook.

At the urging of a remarkable woman to break everything in his life, his younger son drifts from being a waiter in Washington to being a sniper in Afghanistan.  When he returns, he visits an old buddy from both college and the Army but finds himself face-to-face with the son of the Ponzi crook.

Caught in a legal web where victims are second-class citizens, the brothers are drawn ever closer together even as destiny pulls them apart.