Title: Hurt machine
Description: At a pre-wedding party for his daughter Sarah, Moe Prager is approached by his ex-wife and former PI partner Carmella Melendez. It seems Carmella's estranged sister Alta has been murdered, but no one in New York City seems to care. Why? Alta, a FDNY EMT, and her partner had months earlier refused to give assistance to a dying man at a fancy downtown eatery. Moe chips away until he discovers bureaucratic greed, sexual harassment, and blackmail. But is any of it connected to Alta's brutal murder?
Subjects: Moe Prager (Fictitious character), Divorced people, Murder, Investigation, Fiction, New York Times reviewed, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general