My novel, STASH, published by Broadway Books, can be ordered from your favorite online bookstore: Amazon, Borders, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound or Random House.

From Debut Novelist David Klein - A Page-Turning Story of Suburbia and Its Secrets

Gwen Raine has it all: She’s an attractive, thirtyish stay-at-home mom who lives in the kind of tranquil suburban community where everything seems to be right-yet so much can go wrong.

And it does, starting with a seemingly minor decision that turns Gwen’s perfect life upside down. It’s a typical Friday morning in late summer and Gwen is anticipating a long-awaited weekend away at the lake with Brian, her overworked husband, and their two small children. After dropping her daughter at swim class, Gwen drives across town to purchase a small bag of marijuana from an old boyfriend. On the way home, she gets into a car accident that leaves her bruised and shaken but leaves the other driver dead. The local police know the accident isn’t her fault-the other driver, an elderly man, crossed over into her lane-but when they find the marijuana in Gwen’s car, they throw the book at her. There have been problems with drugs in the schools and they are determined to crack down.

Meanwhile, Brian, a pharmaceutical company executive, is embroiled in an ethical dilemma of his own over the marketing of a drug for “off-label” use. And Gwen’s former lover Jude, a local restaurateur and the supplier of the stash of the title, has gotten in way over his head with his little side business.

Told from multiple perspectives and driven by psychological suspense and an escalating plot, this ambitious and deeply satisfying novel examines the moral complications that arise when one’s determination to do the right thing collides head-on with human fallibility and desire.