Books like Six figures by Fred Leebron
Warner Lutz, a mid‑thirties fundraiser with a family stuck in a cramped townhouse, finds himself ill‑ahead of the booming Charlotte, North Carolina market. With his probation period extended, his wife Megan’s job threatened, and their four‑year‑old daughter reportedly "a couple of beats behind," Warner’s routine life unravels.
When Megan is viciously attacked and Warner becomes the prime suspect, disbelief and distrust spread through his circle. As relationships fray, he must grapple with the chilling possibility that his own actions could have caused the violent crime. The novel examines how shattered expectations and fear of failure can push a seemingly ordinary man toward unimaginable darkness.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Fred Leebron
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