Justin Peacock’s A CURE FOR NIGHT is one of the better first novels I’ve read lately. Joel Deveraux, Columbia Law School grad, is working for a prestigious New York law firm and making scads of money when he gets involved with Beth, a paralegal with a heroin habit. Joel gets hooked on heroin, too, and disaster follows. After his rehab, Joel finds a job as a Public Defender and assists on a murder trial. A good editor could have fixed some of Peacock’s rambling and tightened up the courtroom scenes. But this is just nitpicking. A CURE FOR NIGHT is an impressive debut novel. I’ll be watching for Peacock’s next work. You should too.