Book number 14 in the Joe DeMarco series (and my first time reading one) is a thrilling story featuring the long-time fixer. Joe is a great character, who’s smart and a real pleasure to read. The story is solid and grabs the reader right from the start. I am now hooked on this series.
15 year old Cassie Russell is the only survivor of a plane wreck in the Adirondacks. Her father was piloting the plane when it went down and he and her mom both died. She was found two days later. She inherits a mega-fortune from her parents. She’s also the Goddaughter of Congressman John Mahoney. He will become the Speaker of the House once again now that the Democrats won back the House in the mid-terms. He will also help to oversee the fortune of Cassie and has to figure out what to do with her. He figures his wife will take care of her.
He sends Joe DeMarco to check on her. Joe also meets with the lawyer Erin Kelly handling the trust (who has been embezzling for years) and learns the details of how the trust will work until Cassie is 21. Something doesn’t strike him right about her. He’s tipped off to talk to an accountant who is auditing it. But that man is murdered before he can finish it. Joe then starts digging into the lawyer and finds out a lot more about her and her ties to organized crime.
Joe goes on the offense when someone tries to kill Cassie and is on the hunt when Erin takes off after stealing $120 million from the trust. Joe sets up an elaborate plane to get Erin back from a country that has no extradition with the United States. Joe will not rest until things are set right.
You can pick up House Privilege in stores on Tuesday, July 7th from Atlantic Monthly Press.
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