Marissa Piesman Knihy

Attorney and amateur sleuth Nina Fischman puts her exhausting job and increasingly dull relationship with her boyfriend on hold to investigate the murder of two elderly, wealthy women

Provides a satirical view of the life styles of well-educated affluent young people, who try to have all the best possessions

Things are not exactly looking up for Nina Fischman--recently split from her boyfriend, unemployed, back living with her mother in Manhattan, and at 40, feeling that perhaps her best years are behind her (and even those weren't so great). Quietly slipping into compromised complacency, she is suddenly jolted back to life by--what else?--a murder mystery. To add to the intrigue, a prime suspect is her brother-in-law, who not only worked with the recently departed, but just happened to be involved in a lucrative real estate deal with him, so guess who now owns the property? Motive? You bet. But there is also the animal-rights group who had targeted the late scientist for his treatment of lab animals, and even his widow had her reasons. At times funny and consistently quirky, Survival Instincts is a fun read that keeps the reader guessing.

Der hilfsbereite Türsteher parkte nicht nur die Autos der Mieter, sondern hatte noch ganz andere Nebeneinkünfte, nicht ganz ungefährliche offenbar. Er wird brutal ermordet, und Nina Fischmans neuer Freund ist der Hauptverdächtige.