Elevator Pitch: A Novel

Four people board an elevator in a Manhattan office tower on Monday. The elevator bypasses all requested floors, travels non-stop to the top, pauses briefly, then plummets to the bottom of the shaft. The incident appears to be a random tragedy until Tuesday brings an identical disaster in another Manhattan skyscraper. A third catastrophe on Wednesday sends the city into chaos. Thousands of office workers refuse to leave their homes. Commerce slows dramatically. Emergency services struggle to respond. The attacks are clearly deliberate—a calculated campaign to terrorize New York City. Two seasoned detectives and a journalist must identify the perpetrator and uncover their motives before Thursday's ribbon-cutting ceremony for the city's newest residential tower. A fingerless body discovered on the High Line may hold crucial clues. As the investigation intensifies, each revelation deepens the mystery, building toward a final confrontation.