The Seventh Bearer — John C. Boland

Stockbroker Donald McCarry is on the French Riviera enjoying an undeserved vacation. His mission: to keep a golden-egg-laying client from squandering McCarry's potential earnings on a shaky movie deal. But then a deja vu brush with death starts to warm up a plot hotter than Cannes beach sand in August.

The world of banking may be cutthroat, but for the conspirators in an international money scheme that's more than just a figure of speech. Donald McCarry has made some old-money enemies who--like all good bankers--neither forgive nor forget. At stake is a bearer share in a small mattress company stuffed with a billion dollar cache of illegal tender. McCarry's relish for riches had always been an occupational advantage, but now he discovers someone wants to permanently cash his check. His only allies are a dapper, double-dealing Frenchman and a sexy, red-headed palm reader too smart to invest in McCarry futures....