The Castle

Jason Pinter has authored at least 10 books, and The Castle is his latest release. See if this rings a bell: Rawson Griggs is a wealthy real estate tycoon in New York who has decided to run for President. The Castle is the nickname for his monolithic building in mid-town Manhattan. Griggs has been empowered by his own success where his ruthlessness is legendary, but he is totally naïve as to the business of politics. What could go wrong?

The story starts with a remarkable rescue by Remy Stanton. Stanton was doing well for himself as a 30-something consultant with a firm in Manhattan. It was when he was walking home late one night, after a couple drinks in a bar, that he noticed a couple walking along, in love, oblivious to their surroundings. Remy saw two men approach the couple with obvious ill intent, and he impulsively intervened. One of the men pulled a gun, and while Remy was seriously wounded, this assailant was killed. The second guy got away. It was Griggs’ daughter, Alena and her husband Paul Bracewell who Remy had rescued. Rawson Griggs decided there was not enough he could do to reward Remy for saving his most precious asset, Alena.  So, Remy was taken into the Griggs inner circle just as Griggs was making the announcement of his run for the presidency. Although a political neophyte, Griggs talked a good game and Remy was all in on the deal.

Griggs created a firestorm of publicity for his campaign, and meanwhile people who were not in his camp kept giving Remy warnings that Griggs was a dangerous guy. Then, there was the lovely and talented Alena who knew that her husband was not favored by her father. That’s enough of the plot – I don’t want to give away more. But, this is spell-binding and I could not put it down. If it were not for the recent political events in the U.S., I would find this book impossible to believe and I probably would not have finished it. However, now we know that anything is possible. This book was just released in late 6/17, and it gets my strongest recommendation. Now, I plan to go back and have a look at Pinter’s 5-book Henry Parker series.