Description

This debut thriller from award-winning journalist Neal Lipschutz, former deputy editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal, combines a gripping, good old-fashioned murder mystery with the ethical consideration of just how far a person should go to protect their family.

In this debut thriller from award-winning journalist Neal Lipschutz, former deputy editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, Scott Morgans carefully crafted lifeone he had worked hard to insulate from the sort of tumult he had experienced growing upis upended when a murder victim is found in his daughters Manhattan apartment. Scott and his loved ones become prime suspects. Morgan had lifted himself out of his old Brooklyn neighborhood into a successful career as a respected management consultant. A sign of his progress: his current address is an expensive home in the affluent suburb of Scarsdale, New York. When his twenty-eight-year-old daughter brings home a new beaua fifty-five-year-old one-hit-wonder of a novelistScott suspects the writer is a serial user of people and sets out to expose him.

Murder, however, applies a screeching halt to Scotts investigation, as he, his wife, and daughter become suspects. His quest to forestall catastrophe means facing submerged demons from his Brooklyn past and matching wits with a clever and idiosyncratic NYPD detective. Scotts tool kit consists of the take-no-prisoners lessons hes gleaned from an ethics-free approach to business. How far will Scott go to protect everything hes worked for?

Author: Neal Lipschutz
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Fayetteville Mafia Press
Published: 07/08/2025
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781959748113
Language: English