When corporate attorney Will Connelly watches a friend and colleague plunge to his death outside an office window, everything changes. On the verge of making partner, Will suddenly finds himself taking over negotiations of a merger for Jupiter Software, the world leader in encryption software. Does this new role explain why someone is making it look like he killed his friend? Why is the Russian mafiya suddenly so interested in him and the Jupiter merger?

In a matter of days, Will's straight-forward corporate life has unraveled. Somehow all the danger Will is facing seems to tie back to the discovery that Jupiter has a secret deal with the NSA and the encryption keys that would allow access to the nation's most sensitive and confidential information. Sought for questioning by police for murder, the SEC for insider trading, and the Department of Justice for mafiya and terrorist ties, Will must find a way to survive with his life and career intact.

Hirsch's debut novel puts an exciting twist on the legal thriller. I found myself captured by the action which takes place in and around San Francisco or at the bargaining table, not in a court room. The complications mount and the suspense builds at just the right pace to keep you reading until the last page.

Book Summary

Will Connelly, a corporate attorney in a big San Francisco law firm, who is on the verge of making partner. Will thinks that becoming a partner will solve of his problems but, in fact, his troubles are only beginning. In the week after being elevated to partnership and taking over a major technology merger, Will becomes the prime suspect in a colleague’s murder and an unwilling participant in a complex criminal scheme that involves the Russian mob, insider trading and a secret government domestic surveillance program.

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