Don´t call me a fixer. This isn´t HBO. In her job as unofficial "problem solver" for Silicon Valley´s most ruthless venture capitalist, Mackenzie Clyde´s gotten used to playing for high stakes. Even if none of those tech-bro millions she´s so good at wrangling ever make it into her pockets. But this time, she´s in way over her head-or so it seems. The lightning-rod CEO of tech´s hottest startup has just been murdered, leaving behind billions in "dead money" frozen in his will. As the company´s chief investor, Mackenzie´s boss has a fortune on the line-and with the police treading water, it´s up to Mackenzie to step up and resolve things, fast. Mackenzie´s a lawyer, not a detective. Cracking this fiendishly clever killing, with its list of suspects that reads like a who´s-who of Valley power players, should be way out of her league. Except that Mackenzie´s used to being underestimated. In fact, she´s counting on it. Because the way she sees it, this isn´t an investigation. It´s an opportunity. And she´ll do anything it takes to seize it. Anything at all. Featuring jaw-dropping twists and a wily, outsider heroine you can´t help rooting for, Dead Money is a brilliant sleight-of-hand mystery. Written by a longtime insider, it is also a dead-on snapshot of the Valley´s rich and famous-and a glimpse at the darkness lurking behind the tech world´s cheery facade.