CHERRY HILL, N.J., March 18, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Seemingly, just another tax law passes on Capitol Hill, but what ensues is a crash in real estate values, which slices the net worth of individual Americans and moves that lost value into the pockets of the secret power brokers who orchestrated the new law. Colin Garrett has uncovered the truth behind the conspiracy, but can he get the story out and stay alive? Authority of Thieves (now available through 1stBooks Library) by Richard J. Flaster weaves a new thriller filled with secret puppet masters pulling government strings for their benefit.
A brilliant and successful lawyer, Colin Garrett's life fell apart with the deaths of his wife and daughter in a car crash. He abandons his law practice and tries to drown his grief with alcohol. Struggling to recover, and supported by a new love, Garrett takes a position as an investigative journalist, but just as he is starting to put his life back together, it takes a turn for the worse when he uncovers a huge economic conspiracy. Haden Kellem, director of the National Enterprise Trust, a "think tank" in Washington, has used tax legislation to camouflage a vast movement of the country's wealth to the benefactors of the Trust. Garrett's discovery puts a time limit on his life, as Kellem strikes out at him with the many tentacles of power available to the Trust. Garrett must fight for his life to expose the truth.
Flaster spins a tale of action and suspense. As he says, his story "illustrate(s) how simple it is to exploit the country's tax laws for vast private gain...through legislation enacted by a Congress that has no idea about what it is voting for."
Flaster was educated at Harvard Law School and is a practicing tax lawyer. His wife of 33 years is a theatrical director, and he has a son, a daughter, and a son in law, all attorneys, providing an "intrigue of their own" at family occasions. Authority of Thieves is his first work of fiction. He has previously published two law books, Tax Aspects of Real Estate Transactions and Tax Aspects of Separation and Divorce.
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