The Master Builders: A Riley King Mystery (Riley King Mysteries)

A fast-paced thriller, The Master Builders will keep you guessing from Page One.

Is the system rigged so that only thieves reap rewards, while honest hardworking folks get the shaft? Johnny "TheSnake" Serpente is a former Brooklyn mobster, a ruthless sociopath who's made a fortune building public housing using banned toxic materials that will endanger his tenants' health for generations. He has a stunning trophy wife who cheats on him indiscriminately.

Builder Derek Davis has lost everything on a visionary project that he believed would change the way America lives, and is reduced to doing odd jobs to survive. To add to his woes, he's been beaten senseless ---likely on Serpente's orders in retaliation for an imaginary affair with his wife.

His best friend, private investigator Riley King,uncovers Serpente's corruption and is determined to make him pay. As a sidebenefit, he intends to bed the man's seductive spouse.