The Contract

A Legal Thriller of Wrongful Death and Hidden Evidence

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A B Tewary

Verlag:

Watersgreen House

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36899450

EAN: 9798235482012

Erhältlich:

Nicht auf Lager

Zustellung: Di, 08.09.2026

Versand: Kostenlos

CHF 33.75

Beschreibung

A deputy breaks the rules to uncover hidden evidence. A lawyer haunted by an old failure must decide whether the truth is worth defending when the witness may be guilty of a crime herself. In a county built on silence, every answer comes with a price. Attorney Nora Kessler has rebuilt her life by defending people others have already judged. When Deputy Rosa Byrd arrives at her office under investigation for unauthorized access to confidential records, Nora expects another difficult criminal defense. Instead, Byrd reveals photographs that point toward a wrongful death buried beneath official reports and a chain of decisions someone has worked hard to keep invisible. Representing Rosa means stepping back into a fight Nora believed was over. The evidence reaches into law enforcement, corporate security, and county officials whose careers depend on old secrets remaining untouched. Every document they uncover raises another question, while every attempt to follow the facts places Nora's reputation, her practice, and her future in increasing danger. The deeper she digs, the more she realizes that the original investigation may have protected far more than a single mistake. But Rosa is no ordinary whistleblower. She first uncovered the evidence while searching for a way out of the county, hoping the story would become her escape. Her motives are complicated. So are Nora's. As criminal charges close in, both women must decide whether imperfect people can still carry the truth without destroying themselves in the process. Inside court filings, personnel records, forgotten timelines, and overlooked evidence lies a steadily widening conspiracy where loyalty, ambition, and justice pull in opposite directions. Every discovery forces another impossible choice, and every answer reveals that the official version of events was only the beginning. The Contract. is a legal thriller that explores institutional corruption, hidden evidence, courtroom strategy, wrongful death, and the difficult choices faced by people who refuse to look away. Readers will find layered investigations, morally conflicted characters, procedural detail, shifting alliances, and suspense built on the question of what justice really demands when the law itself becomes part of the problem. Some contracts are written on paper. Others are enforced through silence. Breaking either one may cost more than anyone is prepared to pay.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

A B Tewary

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Format

Buch (Softcover)

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