Open Bar: A Novel

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When the longtime abuse by a universitys softball coach of teenagers in its youth summer softball programand the universitys strategic cover-up of those crimescomes to light, a community is turned upside down in this drama-filled thriller perfect for fans of Kate Elizabeth Russell and Allison Leotta.

Campus, corporate, and local politics collide when a high-profile sexual misconduct scandal rocks a prominent university.

Serena Stanfield, Mountain Hill Universitys human resources director, has just learned that the schools softball coach has been molesting teenagers in its youth summer softball program for years, and that the university has covered it up from both her and the public. Troy Abernathy, a junior associate at an international investigations firm, is navigating a turbulent, toxic workplace as the company aims to be retained by the university to investigate these sexual assault allegations. Megan Black, a new member of the Mountain Hill City Council, is thrust into the fallout from the national scandal while she simultaneously focuses on securing a presidential commutation for her childhood friend, who is unfairly facing decades in prison after stabbing her abusive husband to death in self-defense.

As additional disturbing details of the coachs actions are uncovered, Serena, Troy, Megan, and other prominent community figures confront competing interests and unique obstacles while they each pursue different paths toward obtaining justice for the softball programs sexual abuse survivorsand offer conflicting understandings of what justice would even mean.

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In his riveting and unflinching novel Open Bar, former sex crimes prosecutor Dan Schorr explores the turbulent, high-stakes world of campus sexual misconduct investigations. Compelling, thought-provoking, and at times unsettling, Schorrs narrative offers a front-row seat to the challenges and complexities that define this critical aspect of modern higher education and American society. Open Bar is a must-read for anyone seeking profound insight into these pressing issues.Jackie Gharapour Wernz, Civil Rights Attorney and Title IX Expert
Dan Schorr taps his years of real-world experience investigating sexual misconduct allegations to deliver a suspenseful, propulsive, and heart-wrenching novel. Open Bar is a mesmerizing page-turner that takes us deep inside the cynical pressure campaigns, dysfunction human resources departments, and unethical litigation strategies that purport to seek justice but instead render countless lives irreparably scarred.Gretchen Carlson, Journalist, co-founder Lift Our Voices, Female Empowerment Advocate, Author
Open Bar is a gripping page-turner that follows the chaotic fallout from a top universitys alarming sex abuse scandal. With fast-paced storytelling and compelling, memorable characters, Dan Schorr delivers a moving novel full of gritty realism, perceptive insights, and unexpected twists.Tara Rosenblum, Emmy-winning Senior Political & Investigative Reporter, News12 Network

Author Bio

Dan Schorr is a sexual misconduct investigator at his firm, Dan Schorr, LLC, and an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School. Previously, he served as a New York sex crimes prosecutor, the Inspector General for the City of Yonkers, and an adjunct law professor with Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. He has been a television legal analyst for Good Morning America, CNN, Fox News Channel, Law & Crime network, and elsewhere.He lives in Rye Brook, New York with his wife and two children. His debut novelFinal Tablewas the 2022 Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Literary Fiction.Open Baris his second novel.