Matt Connell, a formerly successful literary agent who' s been in prison for four years for a crime of passion- homicide by strangulation after learning his wife slept with a friend- receives an early release from Sing Sing to join an FBI undercover investigation of multiple murders in Manhattan. Killings continue to mount as Matt does his best to calm his " Ferrari brain" - a condition in which his mind accelerates wildly into negative thoughts and worst-case scenarios- even as he falls in love with a suspect, then discovers disturbing truths about his past and hers. When he finds his own life in danger, can he stand up for the Bureau' s heralded principles of Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity? Not to mention genuine love?
"Smart and gripping, nuanced and wryly observed, Necessary Deeds is unputdownable, and Wish is clearly a writer at the top of his game. A phenomenal thriller that will leave you breathless."
Tish Cohen, author of The Summer We Lost Her.
"What makes Necessary Deeds so irresistible and addictive is that it's a devilishly inventive murder mystery presented in the finest of sentences and filtered through a mind wonderfully beset at every turn by the dark truths of human desire, ambition, envy, and jealousy-but most of all by love itself."
Tim Johnston, New York Times bestselling author of Descent
"Necessary Deeds is a tight, tense thriller that explores some of the darkest, twistiest workings of the human mind. Mark Wish asks the question: Who can you trust if you can't trust yourself?"
Lou Berney, winner of Edgar, Hammet, Anthony, Dagger, and ALA Awards, author of November R
