A Taint In The Blood Author:Dana Stabenow A MOTHER'S CRIME... — Thirty-one years ago in Anchorage, Alaska, Victoria Pilz Bannister Muravieff was convicted of murdering her seventeen-year-old son, William The prosecution convinced the jury that she set fire to her home while both of her sons were trapped inside. William died and the other, Oliver, narrowly escaped. Victoria was sentenced... more » to life in prison, and though she pled not guilty at the rial, she never again denied her guilt.
A DAUGHTERS'S DEVOTION ...
Now Victoria has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and her daughter, Charlotte, who's always believed in her mother's innocence, wants her free. Kate Shugak is the only PI Charlotte can find who is willing to take such a long-shot case.
A FAMILY'S DARK PAST ...
Kate figures it can't be bad to do a favor for the Bannister family, one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in Alaska's short history. As she begins her investigation, Victoria refuses to cooperate. But it seems she isn't the only one who wants to leave the past in the past, as Kate finds herself caught in a web of deception, secrets, and danger ...« less