Description:
Paraplegic young attorney Pen Wilkinson is putting her life back together after a tragic accident, working for a large bank in a faraway city. She soon begins to suspect that the job and the company are not what they seem to be, and suddenly, she is thrust into a nightmare. Unbelievably, Pen is accused by her employer and the media of fraud and wrongdoing, creating a scandal that threatens to bring down her company. Fired from her job, alone, and dodging attempts on her life, Pen uncovers a string of sophisticated, deadly corporate sabotage incidents. Her search for the unseen saboteurs who destroyed her life takes her across the country, reaching a terrifying climax, as she finally confronts the real force behind the plot called Downfall.
Brief description:
Brian Lutterman was born and raised on a farm in southwestern Minnesota. Brian was a trial lawyer in Chicago and Minneapolis, and then traveled widely as a corporate attorney in the travel industry. After leaving the practice of law, Brian realized that the part of the job he missed most was writing. That's when he turned to writing fiction, motivated by a longtime fondness for mysteries. His first novel, Bound to Die, won the National Mystery Contest sponsored by Salvo Press, which then published the book in 2002. In 2003, Bound to Die was nominated for a Minnesota Book Award.
Review Quotes:
"No one writing thrillers captures the poisoned life of corporate America like Brian Lutterman in Downfall. I long for the return of Pen Wilkinson--hell, I wish I'd thought her up myself."
-- "Frederick Huebner, Edgar-nominated author of Dominion"