DEAD MONEY

A Silicon Valley "fixer" must investigate a billionaire tech founder's death while concealing her own agenda in this twisty, sharply observed debut mystery from a tech world insider.

A twisty, insider mystery about Silicon Valley's rich and powerful. The founder of tech's next big startup, with a valuation in the hundreds of billions, has been found shot dead in his office. But the real mystery is that he saw his death coming. Because just a few days before being killed, he'd added a 'dead money' clause to his will, freezing his billions of assets -- and control of the company -- until his murderer goes to trial. Mackenzie, isn't a cop, or a private investigator. She's a lawyer, working for the venture capitalist who's bet his fortune on this company's future. She finds herself riding shotgun on the murder investigation. It seems to all that she's an amateur in way over her head. But--that's exactly what she wants us to believe. And finally, BOOM, just when we think it's all over -- when we are satisfied with the twists and turns, ready to coast in for the ending -- the author hits us with the truth about her, and the REAL reveals. Don't worry we won't spoil but hopefully we have your attention and we think your publishers will be pulled in! Jakob Kerr is a lawyer and communications executive who's been immersed in the tech industry for fifteen years. He was one of the first fifty employees at Airbnb and spent over a decade shepherding the company from tiny startup to global phenomenon. Today he is an executive at a startup, where he oversees communications.