A Presumption of Guilt
by Allan McCarvillePublish: Jun 21, 2021Historical Mystery Historical Fiction Book Overview
A man thirsts for revenge. His goal - destroy the Kane family.
After a 15-year absence, Geraldine Kane is returning to the family estate in Upper Canada to claim her inheritance. Her father, Henry Kane, had passed away; her mother murdered. Her mother's killer had been apprehended, tried and sentenced to hang.
But they got the wrong person, the killer is still at large and Geraldine is his next target.
George Tweel had studied to be a lawyer, but chose to pursue a different path. He's discovered that satisfying the law doesn't always result in justice. Hired to find those responsible for a series of robberies from supposedly "burglar proof safes", he finds something unexpected.
Separate lives, but all linked by the ripple effect of old man Kane's extra-marital affair over a decade earlier.