Killer, Come Hither: A Novel

From the master observer of upper-crust New York life comes a sly, pacey international thriller ranging from the suites of an elite Manhattan law firm to the tidy elegance of Sag Harbor and the rough and tumble western plains of Brazil.

Jack Dana is a star history student at Yale with a bright career ahead of him. But after 9/11, he feels it is his duty to change course, and enlists as a Marine infantry officer. Severely wounded in combat, he writes a novel about his wartime experiences while surgeons patch up his pelvis. With the help of his uncle Harry, a partner in a leading law firm and Jack’s surrogate father, he quickly finds a publisher and is soon embraced by the New York literary set. Jack leaves for a three-month trip to South America, and is shocked upon his return to discover that his beloved uncle Harry has killed himself and was found hanged in his Sag Harbor summer home.

Horrified and incredulous, Jack digs into the facts surrounding his uncle’s death. Aided by Harry’s most trusted associate, Kerry Black, with whom Jack falls in love, Jack discovers that Harry had pierced the secret of his most important client, Abner Brown, a right-wing multibillionaire notorious for backing extremist causes. The stakes and dangers are huge. Harry’s death now seems anything but a suicide. And in order to avenge his uncle, Jack might have to circumvent the law and take matters into his own hands.