Limited Liability: A Novel

State's Attorney Samantha Eckerd and her on again off again lover Harry Connor are drawn into a labyrinth of jealousy and intrigue when billionaire philanthropist and close friend of Connor's Dr. Ronald Archer is brutally murdered. Their search for answers leads them through a maze of international finance and money laundering into the black markets of Southeast Asia to the truth. Captured by a powerful and deadly dealer their only escape is murder by proxy. Once back on American soil Archer's killer ensnares them in a finale of torture and death.

The idea for this novel started as a short story about two people caught up in an affair gone wrong. However, as I began sketching a loose outline on the back of a napkin at lunch one day motive drew me into a deeper tale. From there the idea spread in front of me like the horizon as my imagination took hold. Soon I was out of napkins. Limited Liability is my maiden voyage. D.B. Stephens lives with his wife in Gilbert, Arizona