Fifteen years ago, Tom O'Brien was convicted of murdering
his wife and her lover and wound up on death row. Now that
his appeals have been exhausted, Tom is ready to die, but
he still maintains his innocence. Then a natural disaster
lands him on the outside where he goes in search of his
daughter, who was the prosecution's key witness at his
trial.
Private investigator Claire O'Brien is working a case on
the Sacramento Wharf when she's cornered by her father. Tom
begs her to contact Oliver Maddox, a young man who's dug up
some evidence that will exonerate Tom. Upset at her
father's intrusion into her life, and along with it all the
long-suppressed memories, Claire refuses to help him. After
all, he's an escaped convict, and what he's asking of her
would make her an accessory.
FBI Agent Mitch Bianchi and his partner, Steve Donovan, are
hot on the trail of prison escapee Tom O'Brien, who's
unwittingly led them to Claire. To bring O'Brien in, Mitch
befriends Claire under the guise of a writer.
Claire's not looking for a new relationship, but falls for
the handsome Mitch and must juggle her time between him and
the growing evidence that suggests her father really was
framed for murder. When those involved in the O'Brien trial
begin to go missing or turn up dead, Claire knows her
father is telling the truth.
For years the real killer has lived below the radar, with
Claire close in sight. As Claire gets closer to the truth,
she too must die. The killer has waited years for this
moment, to finally have Claire and put to rest childhood
demons.
Ms. Brennan has woven a dark, twisting story of human
frailty and greed stretching from high government offices
to a bar in small-town California. I was completely
engrossed in the story and couldn't put the book down. I
highly recommend this read.
Dead Man Running
Sentenced to death for crimes he didn’t commit, ex-cop Tom
O’Brien is now a fugitive on the run. After fifteen years
behind bars, he’s determined to prove his innocence—but
first he must convince his daughter, whose testimony
helped put him in prison, that he has damning evidence of
a plot to frame him.
Claire is no longer the naïve young teenager who walked in
to find her mother and her mother’s lover dead and her
father holding the gun. She’s a successful fraud
investigator who figures that everyone lies. Though Claire
believes in her father’s guilt, her curiosity propels her
to look into the disappearance of a law student who
claimed he had proof of Tom’s innocence. But the answers
Claire finds only lead to more questions and reinforce her
belief that there’s no one left to trust.
Obsessed with the O’Brien case, FBI agent Mitch Bianchi
befriends Claire under false pretenses, convinced that Tom
is not only innocent but in grave danger—and not just from
the cops. As the three race toward the truth, a murderous
conspiracy tightens its noose—and Claire becomes the
target of an ice-cold psychopath who will kill to protect
his secrets.
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