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Ali Reynolds’ life unnerves when her parents’ life savings vanish in a Ponzi scheme. In the ensuing investigation, her father confronts an old financial advisor and is pulled into a bloody double homicide. Now a prime suspect, he faces court and a media‑fueled hunt for truth. Ali and her husband ally with friend Miguel and private investigator Alyssa McCoy to clear her father’s name while exposing the fraud and confronting a ruthless killer among the scheme’s ruined victims. Their quest tests family loyalty, professional ethics, and the limits of legal justice in a high‑stakes case that touches New York’s underworld and ordinary families alike.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: J. A. Jance
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