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失踪中の辣腕弁護士が射殺死体で発見された。被害者の息子ワークは、傲慢で暴力的だった父の死に深い悲しみを覚えることは無かったが、ただ一点の不安が。父と不仲だった妹が、まさか…。愛する妹を護るため、ワークは捜査への協力を拒んだ。だがその結果、警察は莫大な遺産の相続人である彼を犯人だと疑う。アリバイを証明できないワークは、次第に追いつめられ…。スコット・トゥローの再来と激賞されたデビュー作。
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Hart's stunning debut, an exceptionally deep and complex mystery thriller, compares favorably to the best of Scott Turow. Jackson Workman Pickens, whom most people call "Work," is a struggling North Carolina criminal defense attorney. Work has wrestled with inner demons for most of his life, especially after the death of his mother and the disappearance of his wealthy father, Ezra Pickens, a highly successful lawyer who took him into his practice. Trapped in a loveless marriage and haunted by poor emotional choices and his sister's psychological trauma, Work finds himself under suspicion when his father's corpse surfaces more than a year after Ezra was last seen alive. Work's quest for the truth behind his father's demise opens old wounds and forces him to face the consequences of his own decisions. Few readers will be able to resist devouring this tour-de-force in one or two sittings—or clamoring for more John Hart.
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