β Scribed by Munro, Jane Bennett
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
It is the middle of the night when pathologist Toni Day receives a call
from the coroner informing her that the notoriously sleazy local attorney,
Jay Braithwaite Burke, has just been found dead in his Mercedes in
the middle of a snowy interstate. Unfortunately, everyone at Perrine
Memorial Hospital where Toni works knows Burke. Over the years,
he managed to talk nearly the entire medical staff into investing into
his hedge fund. After it was revealed they had all foolishly invested
in a Ponzi scheme, the feds moved in and he disappeared. Now, two
months later, Toni is about to perform his autopsy.
It is no secret around town that many might have wished the attorney
dead, including Toni and her husband, Hal. As she delves into Burke's
autopsy, Toni already knows they have few clues to go on; when she learns
the man bled to death, she suspects it was a homicide. To complicate
matters further, Burke's partner also dies in suspicious circumstances,...
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