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Touchstone
April 2005
On Sale: April 5, 2005
Featuring: David Marion; Helen Freyl
384 pages
ISBN: 0743270088
EAN: 9780743270083
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"Watch your back most carefully when someone
you trust steps behind you." Even after Hugh Freyl lost his sight he was invincible. But
late one night, in the library of the elite law firm that
bears his name, he was beaten to death.The obvious suspect
is David Marion, a convicted killer from the inner city.
Hugh, the scion of the richest and most influential family
in Springfield, Illinois, had orchestrated David's release
from prison and outraged his family and friends by making
the young man his protégé. Now, in the eyes of Hugh's
circle, David's criminal past fits him perfectly for the
murderer's role. It makes no sense for David to have killed
his teacher, liberator and friend. Yet, if he did not, who
did? With no one to stand up for him, and armed only
with the criminal skills he honed in prison and the savage
fury of a cornered man, David must fight alone. But is he
battling to prove his innocence or to hide his
guilt? In Springfield nothing is what it seems, and
the more David struggles to clear himself, the closer he
gets to the snake pit of ambition and greed poisoning the
social and political fabric of the city. Was Hugh all he
appeared to be? Who was he protecting and why? Could this
most upright of men have involved his firm in shady
financial dealings? To find the answers, David must confront
his violent past and the uncertainty of his
future. Unraveling with startling reversals and
visceral detail and as mesmerizing as the work of Scott
Turow, Bleedout is a tense, psychological tour de
force. It is charged with insights into betrayal and
jealousy so stark that they call into question the values
and presumptions bywhich we judge others guilty and
ourselves innocent.
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