While Everyone Was Sleeping

2020 FAPA President's Book Awards Winner - Adult Fiction - Mystery/Suspense (Bronze)

“The Police have given up,�? Susan Whitlock complained five years after her four-year-old-son was kidnapped from her Upper East Side apartment while she slept soundly in her own bedroom fifteen feet away. “Nobody's looking for Jake, anymore,�? she told friends and anyone who would listen. She begged Cold Case Detective Steve Danski to investigate, calling him the best detective in the city. She held up a six-month-old newspaper and slapped her hand against a byline at the top of the page. “You did it once; you can do it again.�? Danski didn't need to read the story. He knew she was talking about the Barbara Weinstein case.