It Happened at Two in the Morning
By (Author) Alan Hruska
Prospect Park Books
Prospect Park Books
22nd January 2018
United States
General
Fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
813/.54
Paperback
312
Width 139mm, Height 215mm
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.
Alan Hruska is the author of the novels Pardon the Ravens and Wrong Man Running, the writer of several plays, and the writer and director of multiple films, most recently The Man on Her Mind. A former trial lawyer, he is a New York native and a graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School.
The mishaps and amusing bickering of this mismatched duo bring to mind such 1930s romantic film comedies as It Happened One Night. But the mood darkens as the plot thickens Mr. Hruskahimself a former lawyeris at his thriller-writing best once Tom sinks his teeth into the investigation of, and subsequent legal negotiations with, these various blackguards. Wall Street Journal "With Alan Hruska you're guaranteed a nonstop pace, witty dialogue and characters you care about. It Happened at Two in the Morning was my must-read thriller this year andwow!he delivered. Peter Lovesey, award-winning author of the Peter Diamond series "A legal thriller that really thrills. It hits hard and you keep off balance until the last page. I couldn't put it down." Phoef Sutton, New York Timesbestselling author of Heart Attack & Vine and 15 Minutes to Live Hruska keeps the reader guessing even as some of the suspects are killed. He weaves a highly tangled web of greed, pride, and corruption. Gumshoe Review
Alan Hruska is the author of the novels Borrowed Time, Pardon the Ravens and Wrong Man Running, the writer of several plays produced in New York and London, and the writer and director of the films Nola, Reunion, The Warrior Class, and, most recently, The Man on Her Mind. A New York native and a graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School, he is a former trial lawyer who was involved in the some of the most significant litigation of the last half of the twentieth century. It Happened at Two in the Morning is his fourth novel.