NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SACRAMENTO BEE
In the tradition of Scott Turow, William Landay, and Nelson DeMille,
Crime of Privilege is a stunning thriller about power, corruption, and
the law in America--and the dangerous ways they come together.
A murder on Cape Cod. A rape in Palm Beach.
All they have in common is the presence of one of America's most beloved
and influential families. But nobody is asking questions. Not the
police. Not the prosecutors. And certainly not George Becket, a young
lawyer toiling away in the basement of the Cape & Islands district
attorney's office. George has always lived at the edge of power. He
wasn't born to privilege, but he understands how it works and has
benefitted from it in ways he doesn't like to admit. Now, an
investigation brings him deep inside the world of the truly wealthy--and
shows him what a perilous place it is.
Years have passed since a young woman was found brutally slain at an
exclusive Cape Cod golf club, and no one has ever been charged. Cornered
by the victim's father, George can't explain why certain leads were
never explored--leads that point in the direction of a single
family--and he agrees to look into it.
What begins as a search through the highly stratified layers of Cape Cod
society, soon has George racing from Idaho to Hawaii, Costa Rica to
France to New York City. But everywhere he goes he discovers people like
himself: people with more secrets than answers, people haunted by a
decision years past to trade silence for protection from life's sharp
edges. George finds his friends are not necessarily still friends and a
spouse can be unfaithful in more ways than one. And despite threats at
every turn, he is driven to reconstruct the victim's last hours while
searching not only for a killer but for his own redemption.
Praise for Crime of Privilege
"Twisting, engrossing, irresistible."--William Landay, author of
Defending Jacob
"Stunning . . . an outstanding crime story."--Library Journal
(starred review)
"A terrifically entertaining race of a read . . . jam-packed with
intelligence, insight, morality and heart. Top-notch and highly
recommended!"--John Lescroart
"A gripping thriller . . . an unsettling, multilayered look at the
insidious symbiosis between power and corruption."--Maclean's
"A legal thriller and a murder mystery cloaked in pure enjoyment . . .
The author's wit, dry and cutting, is
razor-sharp."--Bookreporter
"An engaging, very well-paced novel . . . exciting and
unpredictable."--Examiner.com
