Dead Money
A Novel
Jakob Kerr
- “A
- stone-cold
- banger
- of
- a
- novel—a
- twisty
- journey
- through
- Silicon
- Valley’s
- dark
- side,
- wrapped
- in
- a
- stunning
- mystery
- package
- with
- some
- wild
- surprises
- along
- the
- way.”—Blake
- Crouch,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Dark
- Matter“Terrific
- .
- .
- .
- an
- unpredictable
- nesting-box
- of
- surprises.”—The
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- ReviewDon’t
- call
- me
- a
- fixer.
- This
- isn’t
- HBO.In
- her
- job
- as
- unofficial
- “problem
- solver”
- for
- Silicon
- Valley’s
- most
- ruthless
- venture
- capitalist,
- Mackenzie
- Clyde’s
- gotten
- used
- to
- playing
- for
- high
- stakes.
- Even
- if
- none
- of
- those
- tech-bro
- millions
- she’s
- so
- good
- at
- wrangling
- ever
- make
- it
- into
- her
- pockets.But
- this
- time,
- she’s
- in
- way
- over
- her
- head—or
- so
- it
- seems.The
- lightning-rod
- CEO
- of
- tech’s
- hottest
- startup
- has
- just
- been
- murdered,
- leaving
- behind
- billions
- in
- “dead
- money”
- frozen
- in
- his
- will.
- As
- the
- company’s
- chief
- investor,
- Mackenzie’s
- boss
- has
- a
- fortune
- on
- the
- line—and
- with
- the
- police
- treading
- water,
- it’s
- up
- to
- Mackenzie
- to
- step
- up
- and
- resolve
- things,
- fast.Mackenzie’s
- a
- lawyer,
- not
- a
- detective.
- Cracking
- this
- fiendishly
- clever
- killing,
- with
- its
- list
- of
- suspects
- that
- reads
- like
- a
- who’s-who
- of
- Valley
- power
- players,
- should
- be
- way
- out
- of
- her
- league.Except
- that
- Mackenzie’s
- used
- to
- being
- underestimated.
- In
- fact,
- she’s
- counting
- on
- it.Because
- the
- way
- she
- sees
- it,
- this
- isn’t
- an
- investigation.
- It’s
- an
- opportunity.
- And
- she’ll
- do
- anything
- it
- takes
- to
- seize
- it.Anything
- at
- all.Featuring
- jaw-dropping
- twists
- and
- a
- wily,
- outsider
- heroine
- you
- can’t
- help
- rooting
- for,
- Dead
- Money
- is
- a
- brilliant
- sleight-of-hand
- mystery.
- Written
- by
- a
- longtime
- insider,
- it
- is
- also
- a
- dead-on
- snapshot
- of
- the
- Valley’s
- rich
- and
- famous—and
- a
- glimpse
- at
- the
- darkness
- lurking
- behind
- the
- tech
- world’s
- cheery facade.
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