Greed, Betrayal and Murder Stain an Ivied Mansion Community Along Newport, Rhode Island's Rugged Shores in Murder on the Rocks, a Crime Mystery by Fred Lichtenberg
--Present Day – Paris, Rhode Island and New York City--
While returning to New York from Paris, Det. Hank Reed is approached by a Parisian woman, Patrice Dubois, fearful her American fiancé, Luke Dupont, an investigative reporter, is in danger. Intrigued by the beautiful woman and her plight, he agrees to help find the reporter who is in the thick of a whistleblower investigation in Newport, Rhode Island.
Hank's investigation quickly reveals that Luke doesn't want to be found and is believed to be in the company of an attractive woman named Elena, either an informant, lover or both. At Luke's betrayal, Patrice returns to Paris but Hank suspects there's more than a romance at play and continues to investigate.
As an elaborate multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme unfolds, the body of the apparent whistleblower washes up below Newport's Cliff Walk convincing Hank that Luke and Elena are in serious danger.
The hunt takes Hank to the Bahamas but not before more bodies pile up and questions mount. With millions at stake, the perpetrators will stop at nothing as Hank is shadowed by a determined killer.
