The most hated man in town is dead. And the nicest man in town is holding the weapon that killed him.
When State Senate candidate Carol Becker asks defense attorney Maggie Gallagher for a small favor, it sounds like the easiest case she's ever taken. Becker's nephew George — a devoted husband and father — has been accused of harassing his neighbor, a man so despised that nobody on the street has a kind word to say about him.
A quiet settlement, a handshake, done by lunch.
Then the neighbor is found beaten to death.
And George is standing over the body, the murder weapon still in his hands.
His prints are on it. His motive is obvious. Every lawyer in the county would call the case open and shut.
But the deeper Maggie digs, the less the story holds together: evidence that's gone missing, witnesses who change their stories, and troubling clues that point to someone the town refuses to suspect.
Because if Maggie is right, exposing the truth won’t just save her client. It will destroy a reputation built over a lifetime and force the town to confront a truth it would rather ignore.
Some secrets are buried for a reason.
And someone in this town will kill to keep this one in the ground.
Genre: Thriller
When State Senate candidate Carol Becker asks defense attorney Maggie Gallagher for a small favor, it sounds like the easiest case she's ever taken. Becker's nephew George — a devoted husband and father — has been accused of harassing his neighbor, a man so despised that nobody on the street has a kind word to say about him.
A quiet settlement, a handshake, done by lunch.
Then the neighbor is found beaten to death.
And George is standing over the body, the murder weapon still in his hands.
His prints are on it. His motive is obvious. Every lawyer in the county would call the case open and shut.
But the deeper Maggie digs, the less the story holds together: evidence that's gone missing, witnesses who change their stories, and troubling clues that point to someone the town refuses to suspect.
Because if Maggie is right, exposing the truth won’t just save her client. It will destroy a reputation built over a lifetime and force the town to confront a truth it would rather ignore.
Some secrets are buried for a reason.
And someone in this town will kill to keep this one in the ground.
Genre: Thriller