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The luxurious home of former banker Harry McNamara becomes the scene of a shocking murder when a man named J. P. Carney attacks McNamara, leaving his wife Julie frozen in terror. An hour later, Carney turns himself in, confessing the assault but claiming it was unplanned and that he did not know his victim. The investigation is complicated by McNamara’s recent acquittal in a widely publicised fraud trial and by rumors of deep corruption, greed, and betrayal in his past. Detectives must decide if the attack was a random act of violence or part of a calculated scheme, and they probe whether Carney’s surrender was driven by guilt or by a strategic move in a deadly game.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Jo Spain
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