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When Dylan Vogler, an ex‑convict who runs Bay Beans West in San Francisco’s Haight‑Ashbury, is found dead with a knapsack full of high‑grade marijuana, Inspector Dismas Hardy and former police officer Abe Glitsky launch a probe that spills into the city's elite. Maya Townshend, the fashionable niece of the mayor and absentee owner of the shop, becomes a prime suspect as the victims’ connections to celebrities, politicians and law enforcement come to light. The investigation turns into a high‑stakes political scandal, and Maya must hide a deep secret while facing a public trial that could reshape the San Francisco political arena.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Thriller/Legal Thriller
Authors: John T. Lescroart
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