FLASH CRASH

The first Rivett Thriller, Published by Lookout Press in April 2016

ONE ALGORITHM: EXECUTED. FOUR TONS OF GOLD: GONE.

“As entertainingly raunchy as The Wolf of Wall Street or the Showtime TV series Billions.” -Kirkus Reviews

When a rogue quantitative programmer intentionally crashes the gold index, it seems that Wall Street’s worst nightmare has come true.

In truth, the crisis has just begun. Across town, an armored truck filled with $120M of gold bullion is hijacked by an ingeniously crafted electromagnetic crane and seemingly driven into thin air.

Hacker David Belov discovers that his virtual “Flash Crash” was simply a required stepping stone towards the largest physical gold robbery in history, and that’s he’s been framed for the resulting chaos, the lives of his beloved wife and son on the balance…

Even worse, the cops are on David’s tail. Brooding, hardboiled detective Jake Rivett wants to crack the case wide open. With Jake and the NYPD’s finest operators from the Major Crimes Division actively seeking to locate and arrest David–and other, darker elements nipping at his heels–David is forced to confront his own past in order to have a future.

He wants to prove his innocence. Unless he’s actually the guilty one…

NEVER GO ALONE

The second Rivett Thriller, Published by Lookout Press in Dec 2016

THE FIRST RULE OF THE HEIST IS: NEVER GO ALONE.

“A pure adrenaline rush.” – Kirkus Reviews

A sudden rash of elaborate cat burglaries in Manhattan are unsolved, and even more shocking… Each heist is becoming more complex, more dangerous, and more profitable for the unknown thieves. And the city is starting to panic.

Meanwhile, Detective Jake Rivett of the NYPD’s elite Major Crimes Division is deep undercover on another mission–and way, way off the reservation. He doesn’t want this case. But it wants him. Because maybe the heists are more connected to the city’s underground criminal networks than he thinks… Or maybe not.

A crew of social media obsessed millennials might be responsible… Might is the key word.

Ordered to pursue the case to save his career, Rivett dives into the scene in pursuit of the truth. But what, and who, he finds–deep in the sewers, up in the construction cranes above skyscrapers, and everywhere else in New York–will change Jake Rivett forever. And might even save him from himself.

The second novel in the critically acclaimed Jake Rivett Series, Never Go Alone is a detective mystery, action heist thriller and urban exploration joyride on the razor’s edge of modern culture.

TERROR MACHINE

The third Rivett Thriller, Published by Lookout Press in Dec 2019

THEY CALL IT… THE TERROR MACHINE.

It’s the holy grail of terrorism: A machine that can create martyrs out of thin air.

But can unorthodox NYPD Detective Jake Rivett and the elite operators from NYPD Counterterror and Major Crimes stop its creator before the horrific invention is perfected?

It all starts at Bryant Park. The Christmas market. A massive and devastating terror attack shakes Manhattan to its core. The terrorist responsible is a ghost and his cell fits no profile. But even worse than that, the joint task force—comprised of Jake Rivett, the Feds, and the NYPD’s Counterterror and Major Crimes Divisions—pull back the curtain on a science experiment like no other. It’s called the Terror Machine.

The machine might not be perfect. But it works. The deadliest terror attack in New York since 9/11 proves that. But who’s going into the machine next? And more importantly, what will they do when they get out? The joint task force finds no answers—only questions. What do a discredited neurophysiologist from the leafy collegetown of Stony Brook, a slumlord religious scholar in Astoria, and a seventeen-year-old boy who loves to sneak out of the house in drag have in common?

Rivett—newly engaged to the love of his life, Mona—will find out. But at what cost? Because in the end, no one really gets out of the Terror Machine.

To finish this case, to destroy the cell, to save the city… Rivett will rage like he’s never raged before.