Daniel Pennys lawyer has written a legal thriller I acquired lots of raw material

Attorney Thomas Kenniff, 51 — who along with his law partner Steven Raiser succcessfully defended subway Samaritan Daniel Penny in a sensational trial that captivated the nation in late 2024 — is adding another chapter to his career: author.His debut novel “Tuxedo Park” (Post Hill Press) was released this past Tuesday.The legal thriller, which centers on a race to bring a president-elect to justice, is already garnering him notable praise.Former Illinois Gov.

Rod Blagojevich tweeted that Kenniff is the “next Scott Turow” — the lawyer-turned-author who penned the 1999 bestseller “Presumed Innocent.”And if anyone knows a good yarn about unscrupulous politicians and unbridled ambition, it’s the wildly colorful Blagojevich who served eight years in prison on corruption charges before receiving a pardon from President Trump in February 2025.But Kenniff found influence from another attorney and famed author.“I read a lot of John Grisham when I was a teen, and I loved a ‘Time to Kill,'” he told The Post.

“Tuxedo Park” follows prosecutor John Palmer as he investigates the abduction of his old flame — glamorous former model Susan Sterling — from outside her family home in the old money enclave Tuxedo Park.When she turns up dead in a forest, the trail of evidence leads to Kent Dawson, a charming Kennedy-esque Senator with a new title: president-elect.In a race against time, Palmer and his mentor, fellow lawyer Don Haggerty, must maneuver through a minefield of stonewalling bureaucrats, black ops and a ruthless political machine hellbent on ensuring their man makes it to the White House.While much of the story plays out in the courthouses and government buildings of downtown Manhattan, it all begins in Tuxedo Park, a historic gated village in Orange County, NY, filled with stately homes once occupied by gallivanting Gilded Age luminaries.“There’s an intrigue and suspense about something terrible happening in a place that is supposed to ...