Nightwork: A Novel

Nightwork: A Novel

<DIV><b>A dead man’s briefcase presents a down-on-his-luck pilot with the chance of a lifetime</b></div><DIV><BR>Pilot Douglas Grimes’s best days are long behind him. Grounded due to a medical condition, Douglas has resigned himself to menial work as a desk clerk at a seedy hotel. But his fortune flips when he discovers a hotel guest dead from a heart attack and, next to him, a tube jammed with hundred-dollar bills. Douglas grabs the money and, with it, the chance to remake his life.</div><DIV> </div><DIV>In Europe, he meets Miles Fabian, an elegant and erudite con man with a flair for extravagance. Fabian recruits him for his latest ploy: robbing members of the idle rich. But what will happen when his bad behavior catches up with him? </div><DIV> </div><DIV>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Irwin Shaw including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.</div>