Necessary Deeds

Written by Mark Wish

Narrated by Brandon Massey

Matt Connell, a formerly successful literary agent who’s been in prison for four years for a crime of passion—homicide by strangulation after learning his wife slept with a friend—receives an early release from Sing Sing to join an FBI undercover investigation of multiple murders in Manhattan. Killings continue to mount as Matt does his best to calm his “Ferrari brain”—a condition in which his mind accelerates wildly into negative thoughts and worst-case scenarios—even as he falls in love with a suspect, then discovers disturbing truths about his past and hers. When he finds his own life in danger, can he stand up for the Bureau’s heralded principles of Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity? Not to mention genuine love?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: Nov 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9781094463278

Mark Wish

Mark Wish’s previous novels have been praised by Daniel Woodrell, Delia Ephron, Salman Rushdie, Rebecca Makkai, Ben Fountain, Anne Serling, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. His short fiction has won a Pushcart Prize and appeared in more than 125 print venues including Best American Short Stories. A renowned book doctor for thirty years, he now edits and publishes Coolest American Stories, whose inaugural volume went to a third printing.

Reviews for Necessary Deeds

[Tracy pye · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

How ironic that this is about a publisher not wanting to publish bad poetry or novels! How this one got published I will never know. The use of the term 'I think' was used so many times it was annoying. I listened to the end, why I don't know, but it didn't get any better. My advice is give it a miss.