Los Angeles, 1969. Susan Abbott died as the result of an accidental house fire. The story in the Los Angeles Times had been clear about the facts. Her father, a film producer for MGM, read that same story but came away with something different: a murder masquerading as an accident. A conclusion not without justification, given that his daughter's husband had since flown the coop. Enter Jack Murphy, a private investigator with a no-nonsense reputation. He listened to the father's allegations but wasn't particularly interested in taking the case, until a retainer of $10,000 became part of the conversation. Murphy should have gone with his first inclination, because things were about to get murky.
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