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