Richard W. Goffman is the author of the Mr. Bachman Series of Jersey shore thrillers and now Takeover. TAKEOVER is a darkly funny tale of a corporate takeover from the viewpoint of a bunch of creative misfits. HEARTLESS CRUELTY introduces the reader to William Bachman, idealistic high school teacher whose commitment to his students gets him into the worst kind of situations. In LAID SO LOW we meet Bachman four years younger, in a world even more deadly.