A classy Park Avenue businessman is on trial for the murder of his wife. He was conveniently out of town the day she was killed, and unfortunately rich defendants can often hire people to do their dirty work and that's what my protagonist, Alex Cooper, hopes to prove at the trial.
The literary world has been full of praise for young writer Z.Z. Packer, who won a fistful of major prizes for her writing even before this, her debut short-story collection, was published. And now that it's out, Packer continues to impress critics.