Attorney Pen Wilkinson's life was changed in an instant by a car accident, which killed her young niece and turned Pen into a paraplegic. Four years later, Pen's now-estranged sister calls with horrifying news: Her surviving child, a teenage son named Kenny, has vanished. Pen abandons her preparation for a major trial and travels across the country to search for Kenny, a computer prodigy. She contends with other players, including the FBI, a team of deadly mercenaries, and a hacker backed by Russian thugs, in a frantic search for Kenny, who holds the key to preventing a cyber disaster that could send the world economy into . . .Freefall.
A former corporate attorney. A Minnesota farm kid. And, in recent years, an author. Lutterman coined the term "corporate thriller" to describe his series of suspense-filled novels featuring Pen Wilkinson, a sassy, whip-smart, paraplegic attorney, described by the St. Paul Pioneer Press as ". . . one of the most intriguing new characters on the Minnesota crime scene." The series began with Downfall, praised by Mystery Gazette as " . . . an exhilarating, action-packed financial thriller." The series' fourth book, Nightfall, was named 2019 runner-up for Minnesota's best adult novel in the Minnesota Library Association's annual competition. Lutterman's first book, Bound to Die, was a Minnesota Book Award finalist. Brian lives with his family in the Twin Cities.