Peter Colt's "The Banker"

Peter Colt was born in Boston, MA in 1973 and moved to Nantucket Island shortly thereafter. He is a 1996 graduate of the University of Rhode Island and a 24-year veteran of the Army Reserve with deployments to Kosovo and Iraq. He is a police officer in a New England city and the married father of two boys.

Here Colt dreamcasts an adaptation of his new Andy Roark mystery, The Banker:

The Banker is set in 1986 and takes place in Boston and Amesbury, Massachusetts, which is on the border with New Hampshire. PI Andy Roark is hired to look into a case of embezzlement at a bank in Amesbury. After a few weeks he quits out of boredom. A short time later the bank is robbed and one of the suspects in the embezzlement is murdered. Roark thinks the timing is just too coincidental and gets back on the case. He is helped by his old friend from Vietnam and fellow Green Beret, Chris. Also Angela Estrella is back as his romantic interest.

If the book were made into a movie I would love Ben Affleck to direct it. He has proven with movies such as Gone Baby Gone and Argos that he is a skilled director. His familiarity with Boston would make him a natural to direct the film. I could see him doing that and even taking a small role like that of the bank president Brock who hires Andy.

There are a lot of fantastic actors who could play the part of Andy but in my mind Scoot McNairy would be great at it. He has delivered solid performances in Narcos Mexico and his turn in Killing Them Softly was solid. Also his accent in KTS is just how I imagine Andy's.

Nicholas Hoult would make an excellent Eric Lintz. Lintz is one of the suspects in the embezzlement scheme. He might also be a murderer. Hoult's performance in The Order was gritty and believable. He would bring depth to the character of Lintz who might be a good guy or a really, really bad one.

The main heavy in the book is Stanley Clark. Clark is a body builder who has some very violent tendencies. He is a physically imposing man and I would love to seem him played by Alan Richson of Reacher and SAS Rogue Heroes fame. Richson has the sheer size that would make him perfect for the role. Also isn't it delicious fun when we see someone who is so well associated with playing the heroic good guy take a turn as a baddie?

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