Lawrence Light
  • Lawrence Light
  • Bookshelf
    • PAYBACK
    • CRASH
    • LADYKILLER
    • TOO RICH TO LIVE
    • FEAR & GREED
    • TAMING THE BEAST
  • Contact Lawrence
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New York author Lawrence Light has written five thrillers. 

His latest, PAYBACK, grew out of his career as a financial journalist at The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Week, Money and other important news outlets. 

He has covered the world of the biggest hedge fund billionaires. Now he's written a thriller about it!


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PAYBACK

The exciting new novel 
by world-class financial journalist 
and acclaimed thriller author 
Lawrence Light

Coming July 7th!

"High stakes, unimaginable wealth, dirty tricks and deadly revenge. PAYBACK is a perfect thriller, driven by insider knowledge. 
​-- Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author

"PAYBACK is a true winner, dishing up everything we
could ask for in a thriller: a nonstop plot, a fascinating
theme, and characters so real we feel we’ve met
them, for good or for bad. All told is an assured and
compelling literary voice. Think Jack Reacher meets
Dan Brown meets Billions." 
— Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling-author




"PAYBACK delivers a can’t-miss mix of corruption,
revenge, and murder among New York’s wealthiest.
Frank Verity, a hero with a complicated past and a
dangerous future, is a guy Nick Heller would want to
have a beer with—and hell, so would I."  
—Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling
author ​
© 2026 Lawrence Light
  • Lawrence Light
  • Bookshelf
    • PAYBACK
    • CRASH
    • LADYKILLER
    • TOO RICH TO LIVE
    • FEAR & GREED
    • TAMING THE BEAST
  • Contact Lawrence