Tuxedo Park - Hardcover

by Thomas Kenniff (Author)

A young prosecutor is confronted with his buried past as he tries to unravel a murder and stop a dangerous sociopath from ascending to the presidency.

Lawyer John Palmer is awoken by an early morning phone call summoning him to a crime scene unfolding in New York's storied Tuxedo Park, involving his old summer flame, Susan Sterling. The pair had taken very different paths since their carefree teenage days: Susan reveled in the jet-set world of fashion modeling, whereas John charted a decidedly less glamorous course prosecuting bad guys in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Yet their worlds collide again after Susan goes missing on an evening run in Tuxedo Park.

John is asked to moonlight on the case with his old mentor, Don Haggerty. As the trail of evidence eventually leads to president-elect Kent Dawson, John is in a race against time, trying to stop a cold-blooded sociopath before he takes the nation's highest office. To succeed, he must overcome bureaucratic obstruction, political henchmen, and his own guilt over his and Susan's buried romantic past.

Author Biography

Thomas Kenniff is an author and renowned criminal defense attorney, known for handling high-profile cases, including his defense of Marine Veteran Daniel Penny. He previously served as an assistant district attorney under the legendary Jeanine Pirro and was a nominee for Manhattan District Attorney.

Kenniff is a retired major in the Army National Guard Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps and a veteran of the Iraq War, where he earned the Army Commendation Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Medal. He is the recipient of the Ronald Reagan Award for the Advancement of Individual Liberty, the Marine Corps League Appreciation Award, and is an inductee in the Massapequa High School Hall of Fame. He lectures regularly to legal organizations, and his expertise is sought by major media outlets, including The New York Times, CNN, and Fox News.

Kenniff is a graduate of the University of Rochester and the Hofstra University School of Law. He lives in Oyster Bay with his wife, Emily, and their children, and plays ice hockey in his free time.