Blood Money

On a clear December morning in 1986, racing legend Erik Vogel is found dead on a Florida beach. A handwritten note and a gun in his hand are the only clues. In record time, the case is ruled a suicide.

Vogel's estranged son, Stephen, a recovering addict with a famous last name and little to show for it, comes home to bury his father and face his mother. What he discovers is an empire in free fall. Erik's bitter rival is dismantling the family business. His young widow is being squeezed out. And Stephen's formidable mother, Margaret, is pulling strings no one sees.

Enter Mara Kramer, a twenty-six-year-old professional chef and sobriety coach, hired by Margaret as Stephen's live-in cook-companion. Tough and intuitive, Mara was chosen for her vulnerabilities but it's her strengths Stephen needs most.

As Stephen and Mara begin investigating Erik's death, they uncover a legacy of secrets spanning three decades — a forbidden affair, a sabotaged career, and a conspiracy that leads back to the one person Stephen trusts most, his mother.

But Margaret is always three moves ahead and she's already planning her next one. This time, it might be the most dangerous weapon she's ever deployed.