A Very Simple Crime

Authors: Jerkins, Grant
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC022000
ISBN: 9781101444764, Related ISBNs: 042523830X, 0425255255, 1101444762, 9780425238301, 9780425255254
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 272,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: A twisting debut novel of murder and dark family secrets from a riveting new voice in crime fiction.

A murdered woman. A grieving husband. And their son-a mentally handicapped adult with a history of violent outbursts. A very simple case. Or is it?

Leo Hewitt, an Assistant DA once blamed for setting free a notorious child-killer, is eager to redeem himself with this intimate and grisly crime. As he digs below the surface he discovers more than he ever anticipated-including an emotionally disturbed wife, a husband who'd do anything to escape his disastrous marriage, and an accused young man with no apparent means of defense. But with each shocking new revelation, Leo is only led deeper and deeper into the darkness-an inescapable trap of blood bonds and twisted family secrets.
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