On a bright autumn afternoon in Truro, the Napier family celebrates one coupleβs golden wedding anniversary and anotherβs marriage. But for one member of the clan, the day turns dark. Chris Napier, prodigal son, suddenly spots the ragged specter of a former friend, Nicky Lanyonβa man whose own family was ruined by the same twist of fate with which the Napiers were blessed. And the next morning, Chris is horrified to find Nicky dead, hanging from a tree where the boys once playedβ¦.
For Chris, the suicide opens a floodgate of doubt and suspicion. How did his familyβs wealth slip out of the hands of a great-uncle, brutally murdered before he could change his will? Were the men convicted of the crime truly guilty? And who is the mysterious, seductive woman who claims to know the Napiersβ darkest secrets? As the crimes of two families are exposed, a series of violent acts shadows him and suddenly Chris knows heβs in uncharted watersβ¦until a killer drops one last disguiseβfor the ultimate act of revenge.
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