Sexual Harassment, Identity Theft, and Political Intrigue Combine in High-Tech Legal Thriller

It starts with a uncomplicated and unwanted kiss and snowballs into a complex, trail of forgery and illusion, a hijacked identity, a corruption scandal involving a U.S. Senator accused of channeling unlawful benefits to a shady South American firm, even kidnapping and murder. "Wearing the Spider" by Susan Schaab, first in a series of fiction titles from Galavant Press, may be the only novel to combine elements of sexual harassment, identity theft, and political disgrace into one perfect plot set in the hard-driving corporate culture.

Evie Sullivan, a promosing legal star on the fast track to partnership at her honored New York law firm, is being set up for a fall, a BIG fall. Plagued with apparently inoffensive recordkeeping slip-ups at the outset, she overhears the fag-end of a shocking telephone conversation. Then, she is blindsided by discoveries that are much more troubling: impersonation of her email username and unmistakable sabotage of one of her client projects causing an upsurge of doubt within the firm about her competence. Once her name is linked to a deal containing a questionable, and possibly illegal, arrangement, she has no choice but to conduct her own secret investigation to clear her name.

An FBI agent faces up to her with tough questions about murder and fraud for which she has no answers. As she seeks out for the truth, the electronic evidence shifts and transforms behind a dynamic mask of security---and certain pieces of the puzzle simply disappear. How will she gather tangible evidence to prove her innocence among the subtle clues and carefully woven traps? At stake: not only her professional reputation and her future with the firm, not only a commission worth $25 million---but several lives.

In this intricately plotted and unforgettable thriller, attorney and former computer consultant Susan Schaab draws on her expertise in intellectual property and technology law as well as computer systems design to create a fast-paced and thoroughly believable journey through corruption and intrigue, an exhilarating joyride that explores the complex relationships in a big-city law firm, where sexual harassment and manipulation may be more common than any statistics suggest.