After the Darkness - Softcover

The master of the storytelling game. (People)

When it comes to concocting plots full of twists, Sheldon has no peer. (Associated Press)

Sheldon is an author working at the height of his power. (New York Times)

A classic Sheldon tale of love and betrayal, of a struggle for survival in the new world order.
What happens when the man who has everything loses everything?
And when the man who has nothing realizes he has nothing to lose?

Grace Brookstein is the very young, naïve wife of financial superstar Lenny Brookstein. Lenny is a billionaire many times over with estates all over the world, a fleet of yachts and a life that is the stuff of fantasy. He and Grace live in New York where Lenny is revered as King of the Wall Street social scene. A big giver to charity, he is both liked and respected. In 2009, the US stock market goes into a terrifying freefall. But the Brooksteins glamorous world of Palm Beach polo tournaments and G5 jets barely alters.

That is, until the day everything changes for Grace when Lenny goes sailing one weekend from their Nantucket beach estate and never comes home. When his abandoned yacht is found far out to sea, the police investigation reveals Brookstein s death is no accident. It turns out that he was involved in some sort of spectacular fraud and that he was about to be exposed by someone close to him.

But as Lenny s Bernie Madoff-like Ponzi scheme comes to light, Grace learns there was more to his boating accident than she originally thought. And suddenly her life may be in danger too.