LUKE MAXWELL, BOOK #3
Jack Simms, owner of Simms Landscaping, is found shot dead in his office at the rear of a large warehouse. Ray Ortiz, a 30-year-old father of two, is charged with the murder after his prints are lifted from the barrel of a gun found in nearby underbrush. Luke Maxwell, the only attorney in Ridgeview, North Carolina, is appointed to defend Ortiz.
Ortiz worked legally for Simms as a DACA recipient. With little evidence, Barry Newton, a councilman seeking higher office, points to a rise in illegal immigration as a contributing factor in Simms’ murder, stirring controversy among local residents.
Subsequent ballistics tests prove the recovered handgun is not the murder weapon. Lacking physical evidence, charges against Ortiz are dropped, and he is released from county jail. Days later, a second murder with links to the first shakes Ridgeview. Demands to put Ortiz back behind bars intensify. Before deputies can question Ortiz, he goes missing. Many in Ridgeview assume he is on the run.
Convinced his client is innocent, Luke Maxwell transforms from attorney to detective. Along with his paralegal, Kari Watkins, they seek clues to Ortiz’s whereabouts. Their search uncovers a motive for Simms’ murder, putting them in the crosshairs of the killer.
Genre: Mystery
Jack Simms, owner of Simms Landscaping, is found shot dead in his office at the rear of a large warehouse. Ray Ortiz, a 30-year-old father of two, is charged with the murder after his prints are lifted from the barrel of a gun found in nearby underbrush. Luke Maxwell, the only attorney in Ridgeview, North Carolina, is appointed to defend Ortiz.
Ortiz worked legally for Simms as a DACA recipient. With little evidence, Barry Newton, a councilman seeking higher office, points to a rise in illegal immigration as a contributing factor in Simms’ murder, stirring controversy among local residents.
Subsequent ballistics tests prove the recovered handgun is not the murder weapon. Lacking physical evidence, charges against Ortiz are dropped, and he is released from county jail. Days later, a second murder with links to the first shakes Ridgeview. Demands to put Ortiz back behind bars intensify. Before deputies can question Ortiz, he goes missing. Many in Ridgeview assume he is on the run.
Convinced his client is innocent, Luke Maxwell transforms from attorney to detective. Along with his paralegal, Kari Watkins, they seek clues to Ortiz’s whereabouts. Their search uncovers a motive for Simms’ murder, putting them in the crosshairs of the killer.
Genre: Mystery
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