Brothers By Deceit

Malevolent deceit on a grand scale is revealed in this riveting tale, the fourteenth novel in the acclaimed Maggie Keiller/Derek Sloan crime-fiction series. Two little boys, half-brothers, are being cruelly manipulated by their mothers in order to inherit a substantial fortune from the father they have in common. A third brother, as yet unborn, is soon to arrive, and the high stakes become deadly when their father is murdered in a premeditated ambush. Maggie and Derek become involved because a close friend may be next on the killer's list. As they try to get to the bottom of the mystery, working closely with police, another man is killed, and then a police officer. A grim mystery comes to light when long-dead skeletal remains of a missing girl turn up in a farmer's field. The tension mounts daily as Maggie and Derek race against time, only to discover a long-lost fact about Maggie's heritage.