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Jun 09, 2018gogo12127 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Marin Strasser has a secret. Her fiancé thinks her secret is that she's having an affair, and he hires troubled but tenacious PI Roxane Weary to prove it. Then, just days into the case, Marin is shot to death on a side street in an apparent mugging. The fiancè always is the prime suspect, and soon enough the police begin to focus on Roxane's client for Marin's death. That just doesn't add up for Roxane. As she starts to dig deeper into Marin's life, it is obvious that the elegant woman she's been following has a past and a half, including two previous marriages, an adult son fresh out of prison, and a criminal record of her own. The trail leads to a crew of con artists, an ugly real estate scam that defrauds unsuspecting elderly homeowners out of their property, and the suspicious accident of a wealthy older woman who lives just down the street from where Marin was killed. With Roxane's client facing a murder indictment, the scammers his close to home to force Roxane to drop the case, and it becomes clear that the stakes are as high as the secrets are deep. (Description slightly edited from the inner flap of the hardcover edition.) Classic, page-turning crime novel, with an edgy, complex protagonist.