Download or read book The Death Bet written by A. K. Price and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Granite Mutual Life Insurance Company is involved in life settlements, a fast growing business in which the insurer buys large insurance policies with borrowed money and waits for people to die to collect the death benefits. When people don't die as quickly as anticipated, executives take matters into their own hands. By relieving elderly people of their suffering, allowing them to die earlier than they would otherwise, the executives are able to boost profits and prepare the company for an upcoming initial public offering. It is up to Blaine Stone, an ordinary analyst on the verge of retirement, to confront the individuals behind the suspicious deaths. After Blaine uncovers a twisted, unthinkable plot involving an ancient, secret society and pirate ghosts, he finds nobody believes him. The stakes could not be higher, and he is on his own, other than some help from a high-tech, rebel teenage girl.