| Jack 'Scooter' McAlister gives the world the | | | | decides that one way or another Jack is going to be |
| impression that he has it all, this Bostonian | | | | made to pay. He may have escaped the clutches of |
| businessman exudes wealth and success. But is it | | | | the law, but not the clutches of a blackmailer. 'I want |
| real? His magazine business is not doing as well as it | | | | $500,000' the unknown voice at the other end of the |
| could, and the problems of jiggling a wife and a | | | | phone explains. But when is enough, enough for a |
| mistress, are wearing thin on him. His favorite exit | | | | blackmailer? Should Jack pay and prey? Or should |
| would be to sell the once popular magazine and run | | | | Jack try to discover the identity of the blackmailer? |
| off with his mistress. Unfortunately one look at the | | | | Even if he discovers who is behind the scheme what |
| financials are enough to scare off all but the most | | | | can he do? He can hardly call the police. We get to |
| resilient of buyers. | | | | watch Jack slowly sink into the mire of despondency, |
| Jack's problems are only just beginning. Following a | | | | and in some ways irrationality. What can he do? |
| tryst with his mistress he inadvertently hits a young | | | | This is a book that operates on different levels, is |
| lady with his classic Porsche while racing to catch the | | | | Jack victim or villain? Victim to some, villain to others. |
| ferry back to Boston. The young lady dies. Hit and | | | | Author Susan Walerstein has created quite the punch |
| Run is a serious business, and one that the police | | | | with this book. Dancing Above The Waves is a |
| take very seriously, and Judges mete out long | | | | pretty quick and easy read, but I will guarantee that |
| vacations for it. But it was early morning, who could | | | | afterwards you will want to spend some time and |
| possibly have seen? Someone did. In fact more than | | | | think long and hard about what you have just read. |
| one person saw the unfortunate event. | | | | In my opinion the sign of a great book is one that |
| If Jack thought he had problems with a failing | | | | has a sting in the tail. and I loved the sting in this |
| business and a grumpy wife, he was about to learn | | | | book. Often a book leaves it to the last page to |
| that these were the least of his worries. | | | | 'explain' the plot line. This book leaves it to the very |
| Jack finds himself caught in a web of lies, each one | | | | last sentence just to add fuel to the fire. Kudos to |
| compounding his problems and making it increasingly | | | | Susan Walerstein for penning this wonderful tale. |
| difficult to break the vicious circle. | | | | You can pick up your copy from Amazon. |
| Worse still, one of the witnesses to the Hit and Run | | | | |