It Happened at Two in the Morning
"Mr. Hruska―himself a former lawyer―is at his thriller-writing best." ―Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal
In this fast-moving, fast-talking legal thriller, brash young New York lawyer Tom Weldon happens to witness the 2 a.m. murder of a business tycoon and finds himself held captive with the murdered man’s arrogant daughter. The two escape and go on the run, trying to stay one step ahead of a hitwoman while Tom unravels the mystery behind the violence.
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Book details
- Author
- Alan Hruska
- Imprint
- Prospect Park Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 312
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Fiction › Thrillers › Legal
Fiction › Thrillers › Crime
Fiction › Mystery & Detective › Amateur Sleuth - Topics
- legal thriller · murder mystery · New York · on the run · female assassin · amateur sleuth · witness to murder · captivity escape
- ISBN-13
- 9781945551178
About the author
ALAN HRUSKA is a former trial lawyer with a career spanning the most significant litigation of the last half of the twentieth century, and the author of five novels. His recent books include The Inglorious Arts, It Happened at Two in the Morning and Pardon the Ravens.
Hruska holds degrees from Yale University and Yale Law School. He has written several plays produced in New York and London, and wrote and directed the films Reunion, The Warrior Class and The Man on Her Mind.
When he’s not writing, Hruska draws on his courtroom experience across decades of high-stakes legal practice. That background in law and conflict runs through his fiction.
Alan lives in New York.