David S. Brody is a real estate attorney who graduated from Tufts University and Georgetown Law School. He was recently named Boston’s “Best Local Author” by the Boston Phoenix, sharing the award with Dennis Lehane. This is his third novel in the Shelby Baskin series, the first of which, Unlawful Deeds, was a Boston Globe bestseller. Mr. Brody resides in Westford, Massachusetts with his wife, novelist Kimberly Scott, and their two daughters.