The Motive Paperback - 2016

Prior to a long finance career, including a 16-year stint as a senior executive and board member of a NYSE-listed company, Joseph Badal served for six years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army in critical, highly classified positions in the U.S. and overseas, including tours of duty in Greece and Vietnam, and earned numerous military decorations. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in business and graduated from the Defense Language Institute, West Coast and from Stanford University Law School's Director College. Joe now serves on the boards of several companies. He is the author of ten published suspense novels, including "The Lone Wolf Agenda," named the top Mystery/Thriller novel in the 2013 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards competition, "Ultimate Betrayal," named the Tony Hillerman Award Winner for Fiction in the 2014 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards competition, and "Evil Deeds," the Silver Medalist in the 2015 Military Writers Society of America Awards. "Borderline" was his first mystery. The sequel to "Borderline" will be released in 2017. He also writes a monthly blog titled Everyday Heroes, and has written short stories published in the "Uncommon Assassins," "Someone Wicked," and "Insidious Assassins" anthologies. "The Motive," is the first in a new series titled Cycle of Violence. Joe has written dozens of articles that have been published in various business and trade journals and is a frequent speaker at business, civic, and writers' events. To learn more, visit his website at www.JosephBadalBooks.com.