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A psychological crime thriller | 1937

Wycliffe Haven, 1937.

A city of wealth, corruption, and carefully buried secrets.

For generations, the Wycliffe dynasty has ruled its highest circles, its influence reaching from government offices to courtrooms. Beneath the glittering façade of high society, two criminal empires divide the streets: the Danilovs in the North and the de la Vegas in the South. Between them stands Lorelei Filipovic, an enigmatic businesswoman whose influence maintains an uneasy peace.

Then Cristina Wycliffe is murdered.

Found dead during one of the family's extravagant galas, the beloved wife of patriarch Frederick Wycliffe leaves behind a city demanding answers.

The accused is Lorelei Filipovic.

After years of pursuing the elusive businesswoman, celebrated prosecutor George-André Ward finally believes he has the evidence to convict her.

Yet Lorelei refuses to defend herself.

When Evelyn Rosalind Ward, the prosecutor's brilliant daughter, discovers a troubling inconsistency in the case, she begins questioning everything she has been taught to believe. Her search for the truth draws her dangerously close to the very woman her father has sworn to destroy.

Meanwhile, Bastien Wycliffe, a troubled heir drowning in debt and family expectations, becomes entangled in a ruthless struggle for succession. And somewhere in the city's shadows, Olivier Danilov, a cold-blooded assassin, finds his carefully ordered existence threatened by secrets he never knew existed.

As loyalties fracture and buried scandals resurface, one murder threatens to unravel decades of deception.

In Wycliffe Haven, everyone has a secret. Everyone has a motive. And everyone has an alibi.

But who really killed Cristina Wycliffe?