Northfall: A Pen Wilkinson Thriller

by Brian Lutterman

A Homeless Man.

A Billionaire.

A Paraplegic Attorney.



And the murder that will entangle their fates forever.

A billionaire who lives on the streets is the unlikely potential witness to the vicious murder of a wheelchair-bound homeless man, and attorney Pen Wilkinson, waiting for the break that will revive her legal career, is an unlikely investigator. But Pen, a paraplegic herself, can't let it go, and her search for the elusive billionaire entangles her in a web of corporate crime instigated by an international cartel of criminal organizations. Pen's quest, and the criminals' desperate attempts to silence her, culminate in a terrifying encounter with sadistic killers in a remote Minnesota forest, just north of Northfall.

320 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 4, 2022

About the author

Brian Lutterman is the author of the mystery-thrillers Bound to Die, a Minnesota Book Award runner-up, and Poised to Kill, described by the Midwest Book Review as “. . .a masterfully woven tale of tycoons and terrorists.” Lutterman, a former trial lawyer and corporate attorney, writes cutting-edge corporate thrillers, bringing to life the genre’s outsized conflicts and characters. A graduate of the University of Minnesota and Georgetown University Law Center, he lives with his family in the Twin Cities. He can be found on the web at: www.brianlutterman.com

Reviews

[InD'tale Magazine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brian Lutterman’s thriller storytelling maintains a pulse that will keep readers guessing.

Read full review in the 2022 June issue of InD'tale Magazine.

[John Harrigan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great thriller. Pen Wilkinson is an out-of-work lawyer sitting on pins and needles in Minneapolis, waiting for a phone call telling her she’s been hired as a prosecutor by the U.S. Attorney’s in Los Angeles. While she waits, she is sucked into investigating the brutal murder of a homeless person in South Minneapolis. That case connects to a deeper case of corporate fraud, international cartels, intimidation, and more murders. On top of it all, Pen is a gutsy paraplegic who drives her wheelchair into places and situations most people try to avoid—if they care about their safety. As each scene unfolds, Pen goes after her foes with dogged determination from one twist to another, and the tension builds unrelentlessly to a final edge-of-your seat climax.

In addition to the carefully crafted plot, this story brings many pleasures to the reader. We learn a lot about corporate intrigue, about the Minnesota landscape, about how to get yourself free if someone binds your wrists with tie strips. Above all, we learn about the life of the homeless, as seen through the eyes of Pen, who cares deeply about them.

Kudos to Brian Lutterman.

[Ray Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Author Brian Lutterman has done it again with his new novel, Northfall. Plot twists, suspenseful writing, this novel has it all.

Look forward to more writing from this author!