A conservative everyman who's a lot shrewder than he seems. A liberal Senator with something to prove. THE LOFT by Tama Ryder is a new thriller about two candidates who may seem very familiar. Here, Manhattan is the battleground. And being called "Mr. Mayor" is the prize. But this is one negative campaign, where murder is not an if...it's a when. Milo Stevens is a TV cameraman who just stumbled across the biggest story of his career—a plot to assassinate a controversial former Senator running for Mayor of New York City. The quest to stop it will bring him face-to-face with Manhattan's power brokers; an aging publicist with a penchant for pot, an egomaniac television pundit and his entourage of Asian beauties, the current Mayor, a conservative with a speech impediment who may be a lot smarter than he seems, and finally, the outspoken Senator they all despise...with good reason. Chasing suspects from SoHo to Southampton, Milo will uncover a truth that will change his own life and alter the city's political landscape forever.