In the Grip

Everyone is in the grip of someone or something – besotted with or controlled by another person or captive of passions, ambitions, torments, or demons. . . . Mordecai Bornstein enjoys a successful scientific editing and writing career. He has a comfortable existence. He’s found passion with the woman he worships – Patricia Murphy, an alluring and ambitious museum director. But nothing good lasts forever, and Mordecai stumbles into a way to inject torment into his life. Years later, after that life has been turned upside-down, Mordecai is drawn into the orbit of divorce attorney and artist patron Sanford Glickauer, who loves talking about women and playing mind games, some of them designed to alter people’s lives. A bond develops between the two men, until Mordecai slowly comes to the realization that he and Patricia may have been the focus of Sanford’s ultimate game. In the Grip is a psychological mystery involving love, loss, sex, murder, and the worlds of scientific publishing and fine art. The action moves from Upstate New York to Manhattan to Frankfurt, Paris, Kiawah Island, SC, Washington, DC and its suburbs, and Providence, RI.

Author Biography

Myer Kutz holds engineering degrees from MIT and RPI, served in the US Army, and has worked in aerospace and publishing. He was vice president for scientific and technical publishing at John Wiley & Sons. He has headed his own firm, Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., since 1990. For the past decade he has focused on developing engineering handbooks on a wide range of technical topics. He is also the author of eight books, including Rockefeller Power, published by Simon& Schuster, and Midtown North, published under the name Mike Curtis. He lives in Delmar, NY with his wife Arlene. They spend winters on Kiawah Island, SC. He has served as president of his co-op apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and on the boards of several national organizations.