Murders and Acquisitions, Thomas Dunne
Murders and Acquisitions, Thomas Dunne
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Murders and Acquisitions

Author: Thomas Dunne

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/27/2026

Synopsis

“Smart, fast, fun, and wildly original! You won’t put it down.”—Kitty Kelley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jackie Oh! and Oprah: A BiographyFrom acclaimed publisher Thomas Dunne, Murders and Acquisitions is a gripping story of greed, rivalry, and revenge in the publishing industry. Perfect for fans of Succession.EntitlementGreedRivalryRevengeIt’s just another day for the wealthy, privileged Maybachs—at least the few who still pay attention to the business.Werther Maybach Myers was little known outside his primary businesses of media, publishing, and world-class money laundering. But with his death, his family’s multibillion-dollar conglomerate—Omnium International—has to change. And his position as the major American stakeholder in the enterprise is now up for grabs. After five generations, few of the founders’ descendants have any interest in the business as long as the money keeps gushing—assuming that even a fight within the family would likely sort itself out. Except sharks are now circling: oligarchs, criminal syndicates, foreign powers. What happens next will shake the world …

About Thomas Dunne

As an author, Thomas Dunne has written books on history, humor, and a novel that was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel. He is best known, however, as the former head of Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan, with fifty years’ experience in the publishing industry. As an editor and publisher, he put over one-hundred titles on The New York Times bestseller list, and his name and dachshund colophon have appeared on at least ten million books. His fiction list included, among many others, books by Dan Brown, Frederick Forsyth, Richard Condon, and Rosamunde Pilcher, as well as mysteries and thrillers from Anne Cleeves, Don Winslow, Steve Hamilton, and Hammond Innis.

About Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini is a two-time winner of the Audio Publisher Association’s Best Male Narrator Award, a two-time winner of Society of Voice Arts Awards, and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine in 2019.

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“Smart, fast, fun, and wildly original! You won’t put it down.” Kitty Kelley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jackie Oh! and Oprah: A Biography

“John le Carré, Martin Cruz Smith, and Kurt Vonnegut are in a bar brainstorming on a story something like Succession. It’s late, and they’re getting nowhere. Then Balzac walks in … Curious? Then Murders and Acquisitions is your kind of fiction—ingenious, surprising, and timely as hell.” Jincy Willett, author Amy Falls Down and Winner of the National Book Award

“Thomas Dunne brings his wit and vast knowledge of New York publishing to hilarious effect—smart, fast-paced, and laugh-out-loud funny.” Martin Fletcher, NBC News foreign correspondent and author of Walking Israel

“Dazzling! Wit, suspense, and insider knowledge of global publishing. You can’t go wrong with Murders and Acquisitions.” Gregg Easterbrook, contributing editor, The Atlantic Monthly

“Thomas Dunne breaks through genres with a can’t-put-it-down novel about billionaires’ empires, organized crime, family secrets and back-stabbings, and our modern media empires of publishing, a world he knows down to its bones—and he does so with great suspense and astonishing humor.” James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor (adapted for the screen as Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford)

“A blackly humorous feat.” Kirkus Reviews

“Enter a wild world of badly behaving billionaires, global intrigue, criminal mayhem, and family drama. Timely and terrific, Murders and Acquisitions is a blistering look at today’s world of publishing, corporate shenanigans, and corruption both personal and public. Thomas Dunne has outdone himself.” Jeff Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of Adrenaline

“An entertaining satirical thriller…[Dunne] maintains masterful control of the book’s complex plot and tongue-in-cheek tone. The result is a trenchant and suspenseful family saga.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Thomas Dunne spent decades at the pinnacle of New York publishing, not only as an author and editor, but as a top-tier publisher running his own eponymous imprint at a major house. Now, in Murders and Acquisitions, he leverages that experience to create an explosive furnace of a novel. Richly drawn, complex, and compelling, this story draws you into the rabbit hole of Dunne’s creation and dares you to see how deep it really goes. Eminently readable.” John Hart, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Child

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