Blackout

Strait-laced forty-something Franco definitely picked the wrong night to get freaky. A hook-up with a hot guy on his Manhattan rooftop and a joint hes unaware is laced leaves him dazed. And-if memory serves him-the sole witness to a murder across the street. Except the cops cant find a crime scene or a body and Francos perforated recollections and conflicting testimony leave the detectives unimpressed. When days later the mutilated body of a philanthropic millionaire is discovered hes not only shocked to learn he knew him but with Francos fingerprints all over the crime scene he quickly graduates from unreliable witness to prime suspect. And the random trick who could alibi him has vanished into the anonymity of the Internet. Unsettled and confronted with forty-year-old memories when Francos father was murdered in front of him during Manhattans infamous blackout a shocking revelation finallyunmasks the man who pulled the trigger that night. And painting Franco the perfect suspect. With a target on his back and time running out the truth will set Franco free or earn him a toe tag at the morgue.