Maddox Marlowe grew up with everything. Now? Nothing.
Well, that’s not exactly true. Being born into wealth and privilege is something that never truly leaves you. Even the family’s black sheep still can enjoy the benefits of generational wealth. Most ex-cons do not get to spend the last six months of their sentence in house arrest in your late father’s secret Penthouse Apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Maddox had lived a life of excess money, cars, women, men, drugs. You name it; it was done. However, when you wash a quaalude down with a half a fifth of vodka and lead the cops on an inspired joy ride through Manhattan with a two eight balls of coke in the glove box while facing charges of insider trading, it’s never going to end well.
After 20 years in a white collar prison, Maddox has returned to the outside world. Mesmerized by this new world, where everything is available at your fingertips, Maddox is eager to explore every nook and cranky. Just one catch, an electronic bracelet limiting any movement outside the penthouse.
A few days of binge content and reading every book in the penthouse, Maddox yearned for the outside world. So, perched in a favorite chair, Maddox observed the surrounding buildings. One hotel, seven apartment buildings lined the block, and the family penthouse was in a prime location to view everything.
The Penthouse windows and terrace provided a with a fantastic view into the rest of the buildings on his block. Slowly, Maddox became obsessed. Documenting and photographing every window, believing hidden in these photos, would be the evidence to convince the police and anyone that would that there was a something VERY wrong afoot.