The Family Man

After years of frustrating fertility problems, Ellen and Eric Sommers are delighted when they find out they are expecting their first child. Their friends and family share their joy, but a stranger also revels in the news. Frank Mallory suffers his own frustrations in his attempts to become a family man and believes his destiny is to create a family by whatever means necessary, including murder.Michael S. Patterson grew up in Western Massachusetts and obtained his B.A. from Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont and his law degree from Loyola Law School. A former trial lawyer, he currently serves as in-house counsel for a television network. Michael, his wife Laura, and their three children live in Southern California. The Family Man is his first novel.