Blood Relative: A Jacob Lomax Mystery (The Jacob Lomax Mysteries #4)

By: Michael Allegretto

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Synopsis: Weary of his work, Lomax reluctantly takes a case defending a man he believes is guilty of murderWhen Samuel Butler, a cruelly arrogant titan of industry, learns his wife is cheating again, he expresses his feelings with a punch to her face. She is bruised when he leaves the house, but still alive. After a few hours&’ drinking, he comes home to apologize, flowers in hand, and finds his wife bludgeoned to death on the floor. Or at least that&’s what he tells the police.The cops don&’t believe him, and neither do the people of Denver, who write Butler off as a murderer even before his trial starts. In desperation, Butler&’s lawyer hires private detective Jacob Lomax to prove his client&’s alibi. Fresh off a Mexican vacation and thinking of quitting the business, Jake hates himself for defending a man who is so obviously guilty. But as he digs into the victim&’s past, he reconsiders. There are plenty of men who wanted this woman dead.