Into the Shallows Darkly - Paperback

by Robin Cannon (Author)

It s 1980s New England and a young attorney named Tom Biggs travels back to his hometown to attend the funeral of his aunt who has died in a horrific car crash. But the circumstances that soon unfold reveal a dark world of corruption and duplicity that grips not only Tom s uncle but his two law partners as well, the men who helped him to raise Tom after the founder of their firm, Tom s father, was murdered twelve years earlier.

After the two law partners are both found dead in quick succession, Tom begins a frantic investigation, convinced that his uncle will soon be next. With the help of his girlfriend Clarissa, a crackerjack attorney herself, and a disgraced private investigator, Tom finds the root of the threat, a shady figure from his own past.

Tom and Clarissa rely on the help of the mysterious Blanfurth Consortium to rid Tom s uncle of the menace that s had a hold on him for the past twelve years. But when everyone s moral compass is brought into sharp focus, it s obvious that no one is innocent of the depravity that has thrown the entire family into jeopardy.