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Book Review By Kovid Bhatnagar
The Millionaires by Brad Meltzer

- Charlie and Oliver work at the Greene & Greene Bank.
- One night they get a call from Tanner Drew, a rich man that is published in the “Forbes”.
- While making Tanner Drew's transaction, he comes across an account that had three million dollars in it. He also realized that this account has not made any transaction for over six months. He tells his brother that there is an abandoned account with loads of money.
- Charlie says that if they steal it they won't get caught. This is because after six months, an account has to be transferred to the government. Their crime will look like they have put the money into the governments account.
- While doing this they are being watched by the tech guys. Next day they, Shep the tech guy, comes into their cubicles and says he won't complain about the robbery, as long as they give him a share
- Charlie and Oliver tell Shep they have kept the money in a bank in England that will get transferred to many other banks in Europe. After telling him this information Oliver and changes the destination of the money.
- Shep is after them for the money.
- Oliver and Charlie then trace the owner of the bank to make sure he is actually dead. They learn he has another property in Florida. The see if they have he has forgotten to close the bank.
- They find his house and see a young skinny woman, Gillian. She helps them to solve the mystery. It is here that they learn that Duckworth, the owner of the account, has died six months ago. While inside her house, they learn a lot about Duckworth.
- While investigating the house for clues about the account they find a clue on accident. They were relaxing to watch T.V., when the remote was not working. Opening up the remote to see if they can fix it they find a small piece of paper. It is an NDA (Non-disclosure Agreement).
- Mean while, the co-workers from Charlie's and Oliver's office, are after Charlie and Oliver for their money.
- They want to the money back and eliminate them by bringing them into jail.
- Charlie, Oliver and Gillian are in Disney Land to figure out who was Marty Duckworth.
- They get million of dollars added to the account randomly.
- They learn that Gillian is a fraud.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - Get treasure/money from another criminal
descript. of violence and chases - 10 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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